A #LondonTimelapse: I was commissioned by the celebrated
@annabelsmayfair to #timelapse their always epic #Christmas Façade build. I was honoured to be asked, and I was determined to take it to the next level.
Do you like the result?
Kudos to the hard-working build team:
@s2eventsltd ,
@easyplatforms ,
@lfpslondon and
@conference_haul_international (and others, forgive me for not finding your socials).
The design, of course, was done in-house by Annabelle’s legendary creative director and her team who, once again, have outdone themselves.
This was basically a 7-day and 6-night build, mostly overnights, and up to 18 hours in a row. And boy it was cold, and frequently raining!
I was shooting with up to 6 cameras at a time, to thoroughly cover this build.
Main camera: Sony A7RII with a Samyang 24mm f1.4 lens on a very tall tripod, to see over the heads of any passers-by & most vehicles (I bought this tripod specifically for this shoot from
@londoncameraexchange , many thanks). This camera was shooting a bit from the left of the club, every 15 seconds, averaging 3000-4000 shots daily.
Secondary camera: Sony A7II, with Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 lens, usually at 14mm. Unfortunately, there was an overhanging tree from inside Berkeley Square, blocking most of this camera’s view. So I only used a bit of its footage in the final movie. To get a clear view with this camera, I would’ve had to set it up in the way of the build team, not an option.
Motion-control: Sony A7IV on a 2m slider + moco pan-tilt head, controlled by a
@blackforestmotion #PineII. I usually ran it for only an hour or so each time in different positions, at intervals between 1.1 seconds and 5 seconds. I used an array of lenses on it:
-Samyang 12mm f/2.8 fisheye
-Laowa 15mm f/2
-Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8
-Nikon 16-35mm f/4
Closeups: Nikon D750 with a Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8. Next time I’ll bring a 70-200 lens, for closer closeups.
Aerial views: DJI Pocket 2 camera with wide-angle adaptor, set atop a 3m tall lighting stand.
Cherry-picker basket camera: a gopro clone.
Total frames shot: 119,218 raw photos, adding up to a bit over 4TB. Phew!
#LondonChristmas #LondonChristmasLights
