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21. Birth of a Star

by Tom Lowe

1 month ago

20. TimeScapes 4K

by Tom Lowe

2 months ago

19. 4K EDIT in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5

by Tom Lowe

3 months ago

18. Electric Daisy Carnival Vegas 2011 Teaser - featur…

by Tom Lowe

6 months ago

17. Test Footage from Red Epic: "Ride of the Valkyries"

by Tom Lowe

11 months ago

16. TimeScapes: Rapture

by Tom Lowe

1 year ago

15. Timelapse Crane Unleashed

by Tom Lowe

1 year ago

14. Drivelapse 3 Dec 10 AE Stabed

by Tom Lowe

1 year ago

13. Behind the Scenes: Timelapse Crane

by Tom Lowe

1 year ago

12. Timescapes: "Death is the Road to Awe"

by Tom Lowe

1 year ago

11. Timescapes Timelapse: Mountain Light

by Tom Lowe

2 years ago

10. Timescapes: Timelapse Dolly Project

by Tom Lowe

3 years ago

9. 5D Mark II Test Shoot at Beach

by Tom Lowe

3 years ago

8. Timelapse: Day to Night at Joshua Tree

by Tom Lowe

3 years ago

7. Timescapes: Digital Timelapse

by Tom Lowe

3 years ago

6. "The One that Got Away"..... (Night Timelapse HD)

by Tom Lowe

3 years ago

5. Night Timelapse MOTION

by Tom Lowe

3 years ago

4. Stars and Rock Spire Timelapse - HD

by Tom Lowe

3 years ago

3. Tribute to Terrence Malick

by Tom Lowe

3 years ago

2. Drivelapse

by Tom Lowe

3 years ago

1. Timelapse: Nightscapes

by Tom Lowe

3 years ago

Production footage from my debut film "TimeScapes" - timescapes.org/blog

Film's website: timescapes.org

Follow the production at: twitter.com/timescapes and Facebook: facebook.com/TimeScapes

Thank you to our sponsors - Canon USA, Kessler, and camBLOCK. And to my intern Dustin Kukuk (twitter.com/drkanab) who helped me shoot all of this. :)

Music by Clint Mansell, from The Fountain: bit.ly/ij8FIi

Dancer is Tomas Isaac Hunt.

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Dustin Kukuk 1 year ago

This is beyond epic Tom! I love seeing all of our hard work and long nights from the past few months come to life! These shots are amazing and I thank you for bringing me along for the ride! I'm already looking forward to coming back out in the fall! Assisting you has been most fun and best learning experience I think I've ever had! =]
Tom Lowe 1 year ago

The bottom line is.. we've had waaaay too much fun shooting this!
Dustin Kukuk 1 year ago

AGREED! Having this much fun should be Illegal! =]
Mike Flores 1 year ago

Holy Fucking Shit Tom! Badass.
Kyle Karges Films 1 year ago

I concur!
David Hodge 1 year ago

Ditto that! It's a kick azz job if you can get it!
Radu Panciuc 1 year ago

Just great!
Stoney Vintson 1 year ago

Excellent fresh footage. I really like the texture and shape of the rocks. They are different. Also like the young indigenous dancer. What frame rate did you shoot that at? And I love the camera movements torwards the subject. I also seem to perceive more shape and depth in some of the shots such as the cactus. Great job, I know that it is a lot of work and that you probably get a bit anxious until you pull off a something fresh and great that makes your skin tingle. Thanks for all of the updates and keep on shooting : )
Tom Lowe 1 year ago

Hey Stoney, the footage of the dancer was shot on the Red MX camera at 3K RAW 50fps.
Tyler Ginter 1 year ago

One word = EPIC!
markberry 1 year ago

just incredible - ive been waiting to see footage from this since you announced it.
when your done will you be streaming the whole film or do you have other plans?

-mark-
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Jan Vozenilek 1 year ago

Absolutely awesome!!!!!
Alex Atkinson 1 year ago

looks great
Sara Collaton 1 year ago

absolutely stunning Tom. I think you get less sleep than I do. Can't wait to see more.
filmtriks 1 year ago

Wow. Fantastic piecet. Especially liked the dancer. You nailed the music. Must have taken A LOT of time to get those shots, yes?
Tom Lowe 1 year ago

Oh yeah!
Michael Carney Media 1 year ago

This has made my week (and it hasn't even started yet!)
Tyler Ginter 1 year ago

Tom I swear you make this look so easy but I hope everyone out there understands how ridiculously hard it is to make timelapse look this great even though you do it over and over again! The Indian dancer was the best :)
Bill Strehl 1 year ago

AWESOME! I hope to see it on the big screen at NAB!
Sanjin Jukic 1 year ago

Congrats Tom.

It looks absolutely fantastic!!!
Andrew Walker 1 year ago

Glad to see the shots I saw played back in your trailer on here with music. Looks like you and Dustin were busy after I left. I'm sure we'll meet back up in Page, AZ in October.
ryle yazzie 1 year ago

WOW. Can't wait for the full length film. AMAZING FOOTAGE.
Mike Wilkins 1 year ago

Awe inspiring as usual :D
Andreas Schnell 1 year ago

Awesome! loved the windmills especially. Agree with Tyler Ginter. EPIC!
Timelapses.es 1 year ago

Contratulations TOM. Sure that these footage is only the tip of the iceberg that you are making!.
Elcurado 1 year ago

Tom, hats off!
Emrys Roberts 1 year ago

Really badass Tom! :)
Euan Preston 1 year ago

Outstanding work by the unrivalled master himself! I LOVE the drivelapse by the turbines.
Kessler Crane 1 year ago

not epic but a-TOM-ic! Great work bro. did not expect anything less.
Patryk Kizny 1 year ago

Actually the shot of a dancer brings new quality to your film, renders an interesting context and makes the rest of the footage much more meaningful. Are you planning on exploring this direction more in depth?
Tom Lowe 1 year ago

Yes. That was my first shot ever on the Red camera...
Khalid Mohtaseb 1 year ago

You are the MASTER of Time lapse tom. You killed this one. Love the Clint Mansell track too. Jonathan and I just saw this in our hotel room and were in complete Awe!! I cant wait to see the rest of this film.

This is on the same level, if not better than Baraka's timelapse footage.
Vincent Laforet 1 year ago

Tom = sick!
Tom Lowe 1 year ago

:)

Hey, you know, I only started getting into this artificial light stuff after you got me into it out at Joshua Tree!
Even Quach 1 year ago

Stunning work!
anna malkowicz 1 year ago

Wow!Wow! Amazing. Very good work!
Helio Yoshida 1 year ago

Tom Lowe = Master of Timelapse
Polvorosa Kline 1 year ago

Tom, BRAVO!
Stephen James 1 year ago

Damn! What more can I say?
Sasha Aleksandrov 1 year ago

Great! Your work is very close to me. Once I managed to shoot the streams of time. I hope to succeed.
Thomas Maier 1 year ago

Great! I really love your work and can't wait for the final film... The slowmo dancer was a very nice alternation to the rest.
Wolfgang Gaebler aka gogo6969 1 year ago

Great as always!
Jeff Wood 1 year ago

Amazing!!!!!
What's the crazy erratic light in the background on the last clip?
Tom Lowe 1 year ago

Military activity. We filmed that at the US Air Force's Goldwater bombing range. Those are battlefield illumination flares and planes circling.. maybe drones also, and who knows what else.
Love Story Media 1 year ago

Taking it to another level... again. You are the grandmaster Tom!
Regis Hervagault 1 year ago

phenomenal !
Sebastian Wiegärtner 1 year ago

Great Job Tom! I love it!
Gaurav Sharma 1 year ago

That is one of the most inspired pieces of work I've ever seen! Excellent stuff Tom... Really the oft repeated "badass" seems like the most appropriate compliment here!
Christine Schmitthenner 1 year ago

The Master is back!!
Jay Groccia 1 year ago

Bravo
Roman Khodorov 1 year ago

nice!
Rick Darge 1 year ago

Amazing imagery Tom! You never disappoint
Chris Wilmshurst 1 year ago

Beautiful, how did you manage the shot at 00:53 looks like you are going a fair distance with the crane
Chris Mierzwinski 1 year ago

Awesome sneak prev Tom!! Your content is slowly evolving and diversifying. Keep on rocking and i'll see you there soon enough. Thanks for inviting me.
Blake Whitman 1 year ago

awesome! looks like a great start, so excited to see all the rest!
Tom Lowe 1 year ago

hey epic beard man, you should come out for some filming and behind the scenes stuff this summer!
Blake Whitman 1 year ago

Would love to!
Gabriel Soares 1 year ago

Died. With a stroke...

Killer images!
Kaj Kjellesvig 1 year ago

Wow. Just incredible.
matt freire 1 year ago

love it man, things to aspire to
raingirl 1 year ago

I am speachless.... Wonderful way to see the world.
Carl Olson 1 year ago

Simply amazing (but certainly not simple to film!). Look forward to seeing the rest!
Brian Dickman 1 year ago

Incredible and inspiring. Is that shot of the wind turbines at 00:53 from a moving vehicle?
Great work, Tom!
Yiow Jun Joe Chuang 1 year ago

Tom, this is out of this world AWESOMENESS!!

I especially like the drive by wind turbine shots, what have you used to mount the 5D on your tundra? it seems way too smooth to be a car mount.

Shed some light please, anyone?
Andrew Curtis 1 year ago

Awesome, the windmill shot is spectacular. Those driving shots blow me away!
Curran Giddens 1 year ago

As always... Great job!
Quentin A Brown 1 year ago

Man, that just gave me the tingles. The dancer in there then the travelling shot of the windmills as the music escalates.
Beautifuuullll!!!

If you need an extra set of hands out there at any time I would be honored to assist, be a cam trainee - intern or whatever you need. Just say the word and I'll jump!
Quentin A Brown 1 year ago

some of my work/credits @ shootingpeople:
shootingpeople.org/cards/QuentinBrown

(Not entirely up to date but shows I have some experience and might be of some use I hope!)
tudor evans 1 year ago

As awesome as ever. Just one thing jarred my over all enjoyment for me the dancing Indian was well to be honest too normal too wide too safe I would have liked to have seen a more impressionistic vision through flames, slow mo etc using the music to better effect and fitting in with the time laps more smoothly for me more comfortably.

It seems churlish to mention this when the time and effort you have put in to the time laps is quite staggering but just thought I would give a more critical critique than the usual gush which teaches us nothing.

Mind you I have gushed to excess over your fantastic footage in the past no end, hope this helps.
Tobias Straka 1 year ago

Way cool, congrats! What did you use for the dolly work? And how the hell did you get that shot @ around 0:55? Did you put the camera on the truck again? And then some heavy stabilisation work? Good stuff!
Lucky Rabbit Films 1 year ago

You continue to kill it! Never will get over how you capture the stars!

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Spencer Black 1 year ago

Insanely awesome, can't wait to see the feature.
Dale Kamp 1 year ago

Amazing.
mpared 1 year ago

very cool posted at the curious brain
GRANT WAKEFIELD 1 year ago

Lookin' good Tom. When will you be getting your teeth into 3 axis CamBlock...?
Tom Lowe 1 year ago

tomorrow. :)
GRANT WAKEFIELD 1 year ago

Can't wait to see results of that! Shot to beat is, of course, the brain boggling, twisting, underneath-the-arch night move in BARAKA.
Karen Abad 1 year ago

oh. my god.
Tom. damn you.
Yannick Barthe 1 year ago

Wahoo... Awesome ! Great work !
alex christodoulou 1 year ago

jawdropping. love your work.
Josh Loopstra 1 year ago

Absolutely EPIC! I am just about speechless. Cant wait to see more from the master! Awesome job Tom!!!
Maik Thomas 1 year ago

i realy need a motorized dolly ^^ - that´s so mind blowing cool !
Matthias Kindler 1 year ago

Wow - I am speachless.... :-)
Gert Kracht 1 year ago

Jawdroppingtastic!
Nick Keating 1 year ago

great stuff tom, that driving shot of the windmills has to be the coolest thing i've ever seen. so sick!
Matthew Brown (Matty Brown) 1 year ago

Can't wait to see the film, man!!!
Alex Everingham 1 year ago

Loading the Video currently, but i've got to say you're already getting great marks from me sheerly for music choice. The Fountain is my favorite film, and the music is awesome.

Watched it, that was EPIC. Awesome moving time lapses, some of the coolest shots I've seen recently. Good stuff.
MikeA 1 year ago

Some excellent sequences here,plenty of food for thought, looking forward to the final release,
Javier Ventura 1 year ago

just wonderful
c.a. church 1 year ago

Great work Tom!
JoséAntonio W. Danner 1 year ago

Some of the best summers of my life were spent in Page and on Lake Powell. Glad you got to enjoy her secrets and thanks for doing such a great job sharing them with the rest of the world.
Diego Devalle 1 year ago

Consistently stunning! Moving vehicle is becoming a unique trademark :-)
The Dancer though is the supercool new thing compared to your previous stuff I loved!
Ayz Waraich 1 year ago

wow... stunning...

awe indeed.
HDtimelapse.net 1 year ago

Great!
Dominic 1 year ago

Masterful Tom.
JVL 1 year ago

Tom Felicidades, increible , enhorabuena ¡¡¡
Heinz Donaubauer 1 year ago

holy mother of criminy! great respect!
Ken Scott 1 year ago

hey Tom ... wow . . . sweet . . . awesome ...
and what they said . . . !
my favorite bit about this clip is seeing it come to life from the little tweets and peeks at what you have been doing .. . . it brings it all together and makes 'us' a part of it.
Continued success and good light . . .
Tom Lowe 1 year ago

That's awesome, Ken! I'm glad to hear that you've enjoyed all the little tweets and stuff.
Brad Herring 1 year ago

Stunning work! Followed your journey on Twitter and it's nice to see some of your snapshots and behind the scenes peeks come to life!