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11. Metropolis - A New York City Timelapse

by Will Boisture

4 months ago

10. Nikon D7000 High ISO Night Test

by Will Boisture

1 year ago

9. "Memorial Day"

by Will Boisture

1 year ago

8. Head in the Clouds

by Will Boisture

1 year ago

7. "Hidden Springs"

by Will Boisture

2 years ago

6. "Missing" - Arlington County Police Department

by Will Boisture

2 years ago

5. "Sunrise" - A Rocketboom Short

by Will Boisture

2 years ago

4. "Standoff" - Arlington County Police Department

by Will Boisture

2 years ago

3. HVX200 & Cinevate Brevis 35mm Adapter Test

by Will Boisture

2 years ago

2. Will Boisture Motion Graphics Reel - Early '10

by Will Boisture

2 years ago

1. Will Boisture's Edit Reel - Early '10

by Will Boisture

2 years ago

*Please watch this at the highest resolution you can with the sound up. You'll be glad you did!*

New York City has been my home for seven years and as a filmmaker and photographer I can’t help but be in awe of the vibrancy and beauty of this place . I wanted to create a work that captures and conveys my love for it. This video is something that I have been working to create for two and a half years. As a freelancer, I shot this film in the little windows of time between work, looking for my next job, and getting engaged and married. I’ve shown some of these shots to friends along the way, but this single, unified piece has always been the focus of my filming and I’m very happy to present it now.

I want to thank two people who made this possible; first, my wife Pooja for putting up with my need to shoot sunrises and late-night shots when she’d really rather I didn’t and being my best critic, biggest fan, and muse. And secondly, my awesome friend and collaborator Brandon Bailey who was there from the very first shoot with advice, support and enthusiasm. Thanks for everything!

Filmed between May 2009 and September 2011.

The Whole Story:
willboisture.com/2011/10/10/metropolis/

Music: "Sweet Disposition" by The Temper Trap
thetempertrap.com
itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-temper-trap/id202033981#

Cameras:
Nikon D700, D7000, D90, D50

Lenses:
Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 ATX
Nikon 14-24mm f2.8
Nikon 20mm f2.8D
Nikon 35mm f1.8G DX
Nikon 50mm f1.4G
Nikon 85mm f1.8D
Nikon 70-200mm VR I f2.8
Nikon 105mm f2.8G

Twitter: twitter.com/WillBoisture
Flickr: flickr.com/boisturephoto/

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Ernest Worthing 4 months ago

Very nice! Good job!
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thank you, Ernest!
The Aggregate 4 months ago

This is fantastic Will! We've got it live on our channel and site ;)

Channel:
vimeo.com/channels/theaggregate

Site:
theaggregate.net
jamie starr 4 months ago

Simply Beautiful...
yep 4 months ago

Very nice.
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thanks!
AmericanDSLR.com 4 months ago

Great job, I can tell a lot of work went into that. Bet it feels good to finally get it edited for everyone to see. Some priceless shots in there.
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thank you! Yeah, it was a serious labor of love and I'm really glad to finally be sharing.
Nathan Tanner 4 months ago

Great work! I cant imagine the shutter counts you put on your cameras to make this. Love the composition.
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Haha, yeah, it's got to be getting up there! No problems yet though!
Ben 4 months ago

Great! Added to vimeo.com/channels/1341 and vimeo.com/channels/hdtime
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thanks Ben! Just caught it on your channels on AppleTV; gotta love that!
marc merzoug 4 months ago

very nice view of NY, great works
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thank you, Marc!
Robert Mosca 4 months ago

Amazing video i love it, i am from NY and i love it!
Jairo Felipe 4 months ago

Woow impresionante vídeo aparte de la calidad.
Dot Dot Dot 4 months ago

amazing... where was that shot with the Empire State Building taken from?? (photo #1 and at about 2:20 in the video)... and Im assuming that was shot with the Tokina 11-16mm??

Really incredible work... extremely inspiring to someone like myself who is just starting off
Amelia Avenue Productions 4 months ago

this is amazing. I have 6 more years until I go to college and I dream of attending New York Film Academy. This made me happy knowing I may go here! Beautifully shot and love the music!
ÅndersonCentral 4 months ago

this is very excellent...
Michael Carino 4 months ago

was the movement added in post?
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Yes it was
Ryan Cooper 4 months ago

Fantastic work! I have made some very short timelapse videos (tests actually), and they quickly gave me a taste of what goes into a completed project like yours. I can't imagine what you went through to get all this in your spare time. Kudos to your wife for putting up with it all as well.
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thanks! Haha, yeah, I think she's pretty glad this project is done!
workID new.media.design 4 months ago

Great work! Lovely City :)
NANAIMO LONGBOARD 4 months ago

Great video!
Greg Moschopoulos 4 months ago

amazing....work......nice
MECK Monkey 4 months ago

AMAZING WORK very cool very cool
J-tec 4 months ago

AWESOME!! add to my channel, vimeo.com/thebvv
Erik Hölperl 4 months ago

I was thinking about something to say but i stay with my first impression. WOW.
David Stubbins 4 months ago

I sometimes think "Oh here we go, another time lapse film." But this is great. Beautiful shots, great light, nice edit. Love it. Well done, great job.
PIX IN MOTION by Leo Bar 4 months ago

Loved it, all of it!!
Great job, Will.
Cheers,
Leo
Olybop 4 months ago

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Andrey Baranov 4 months ago

Great work! Shooting, edit, all of it. First i've feel by watching this work is LOVE. Big LOVE in your heart helps you to make this one great little movie (:
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thank you, Andrey! That's the way I look at it to =)
Emre Saraçoğlu 4 months ago

Great Work!!
Telle Thomas 4 months ago

Great video, love the song choice:-)
sukhoi37 4 months ago

I just finished watching the 4th time!
Truly inspiring!
thanks for sharing
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thank you all for the kind words, it's great to see so many people enjoying this!
Julien Denoyer 4 months ago

Loved this so much, great work doing this video!!! I've just added it to my tumblr, let's see if we can get you some more views: juliendenoyerphotography.tumblr.com/
Jared Beamish 4 months ago

Wow this is amazing very nice work!!!!!!
Geoffrey Gilson 4 months ago

Magnifique, worth more attention ;-)
Alex Naesmyth 4 months ago

Will that is an amazing Film. You should be very proud of all the hardworking you put in to making that. Keep up the good work!
Kim Sellstedt 4 months ago

Love the narrative. Most time lapses just show random images but it felt like you had a thread running thought it all with the day and night cycle and with you editing of locations. One of the better time lapses I have seen. magnificent
Corey Park 4 months ago

Beautiful!! this makes me miss nyc so much!
E.J. McLeavey-Fisher 4 months ago

wow will this is great! nice work dude. love the lincoln center light shot.
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thank you man! Great to hear from you, really glad you liked it!
Andressa Santos 4 months ago

You almost made me cry. I love Time-lapse, this song and New york. Amazing combination! Thank you!
Holly Sugrue 4 months ago

Absolutely love it!!! Truly inspiring. I actually had a very similar idea. Love all the locations. Would love to feature it in my blog YILoveNY. yiloveny.blogspot.com/
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thank you, Holly. That would be awesome =)
Holly Sugrue 4 months ago

yiloveny.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-york-from-dusk-till-dawn-video-shot.html
badboy 4 months ago

Lovely!
Elis Carvalho 4 months ago

I am amazed! Really good eyes, really touching.
And even better with ur description and the story behind these beautiful images. Fabulous!
J. olivar 4 months ago

great job !!
Time Lapse Italia 4 months ago

Simply terrific, Will!

Gonna be featured as "Video of the day" on our community website, Time Lapse Italia - timelapseitalia.com

Thanks for sharing this job, mate

TLI
timelapseitalia.com
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thank you, that is very cool! Glad you enjoyed it!
Andrew Padgett 4 months ago

that is just ridicu-awesome-sauce... fantastic work Will!
Emma Payne 4 months ago

This really makes me miss new york. I hope when I live there I can create something as beautiful as this. Well done!
Alex Diaz del Valle 4 months ago

This is just AMAZING.. Excellent work!
Sam Figueroa 4 months ago

Damn. I want to get on a plane and fly to NYC right now. You made me "home"-sick with this video.
Terrific work.
Daniela 4 months ago

OMG!! I loved and love everything about this video!! Good Job! :) ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
VisualMasterpiece 4 months ago

Will, that's a SeriouS collection of time lapses! What a great way to "visit" NYC. Very well done, you have amazing patience to get all that!!

I hope you don't get tired of that song ;)

-M
Will Boisture 4 months ago

Thanks Michael, glad you enjoyed it!

Haha, never.
Abhinav Gauba 4 months ago

This is one of the finest Spectacles I have ever seen. Just beautiful! :-)
Tracey Maken 4 months ago

Thank you for the beautiful video. A spectacular look at my favorite city in the world!
Jonathan Zamora 3 months ago

Amazing! I've always loved NY, hope one day i'll get there. Excellent job man.
Mr Movie 3 months ago

Assolutamente BELLO!
I saw it twice, because it is amazing.
Bravo!
Guy Lambert 3 months ago

Just wonderful. Love it. Thank you.
David Davidian 3 months ago

searched "Timelapse DSLR New York" Into Vimeo and boy did i get one! Thank You, such beautiful work!!
Emma 3 months ago

This is simply delicious. Your amazing at what you do.
evan marcy 3 months ago

sweet, you should timelapse the nyc marathon this sunday!
Fadly Awaludin 3 months ago

this is beyond awesome.
Suzaidee 2 months ago

Wow!!! great work :)
melaserrano 2 months ago

This is beautiful.. I suddenly missed New York after visiting last Summer 2010, I can't stop thinking of the place. I wish I could move there. It says that you used d90 for some of the shots? I was wondering how were you able to export it with a full resolution because whenever I do it, it somehow reduces the resolution of the film. Thanks.
Alby Hernández 2 months ago

I wanna click "Like" to this video but Vimeo is not working well for me. I really like this one.

EDIT: I got to like it.
Kate Peterson 1 month ago

WOW! What a warm feeling this brought me. You are amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!
Fernando Weberich 1 month ago

What's the place at 1:47?
Fernando Weberich 1 month ago

and 2:33?
German Mairen 1 month ago

great job!
Guacira Singer 1 month ago

I always loved New York and loved your video. Congrats!!
Will Boisture 1 month ago

Thank you all for the comments, it's great to see everyone enjoying it so much!
boninba 1 month ago

this is absolutely amazing mate!gave me shivers! now i love nyc even more! thank you!
Justė 2 weeks ago

wonderful!
murat acuner 2 weeks ago

Great !!!
Douglas Austen 1 week ago

What a great promotion for New York. Loved it well done.
Emeric Le Bars 1 week ago

So amazing ! I love New York ! Thanks for thé video
Ultramagnus 6 days ago

Very nice! Although timelapses can be aesthetically really interesting, they are so overly done and cheesy. But I love how you used this technique to create a story. Some very interesting angles too. Great work!
rafa claver 6 days ago

Fantastic. Congratulations