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Midnight Sun: A natural phenomenon occurring in the summer months north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle where the sun never fully sets and remains visible 24 hours a day.
This short time lapse film was shot during the Icelandic Midnight Sun in June of 2011.
For 17 days I travelled solo around the entire island shooting almost 24 hours, sleeping in the car, and eating whenever I had the time. During my days shooting this film I shot 38,000 images, travelled some 2900 miles, and saw some of the most amazing, beautiful, and indescribable landscapes on the planet. Iceland is absolutely one of the most beautiful and unusual places you could ever imagine. Especially during the Midnight Sun when the quality of light hitting the landscape is very unusual, and very spectacular.
Iceland is a landscape photographers paradise and playground, and should be number 1 on every photographers must visit list. Iceland during the Midnight Sun is in sort of a permanent state of sunset. The sun never full sets and travels horizontally across the horizon throughout the night, as can be seen in the opening shot and at the :51 second mark in the video.
During the Arctic summer, sunset was at midnight and sunrise was at 3am. The Arctic summer sun provided 24 hours a day of light, with as much as 6 hours daily of "Golden light". Once the sun had set it wouldn't even get dark enough for the stars to come out, and they don't start to reappear until August.
My advice to everyone out there, photographer or not, is simple... You MUST visit Iceland sometime during your lifetime. You will never regret it.
Interview with Michael Levy Studio about the film:
michaellevystudio.com/midnight-sun-an-icelandic-timelapse-by-joe-capra/
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Cameras and Lenses:
2 Canon 5DII DSLR cameras
1 Canon 7D
Various Canon lenses
Music by This Will Destroy You
Song: "The World is Our"
Website: myspace.com/thiswilldestroyyou
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Special Thanks to:
REYKJAVIK RENT A CAR (reykjavikrentacar.is/)
Dynamic Perception (dynamicperception.com/)
Jag35 (jag35.com/)
Kessler Crane (kesslercrane.com/)
LRTimelapse (lrtimelapse.com)
Timescapes (timescapes.org)
Michael Levy Studio (typolover.com) for his Icelandic eROADBOOK
(typolover.com/_travel/iceland_2009/iceland_days_index.htm)
Midnight Sun: A natural phenomenon occurring in the summer months north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle where the sun never fully sets and remains visible 24 hours a day.
This short time lapse film was shot during the Icelandic Midnight Sun in June of 2011.
For 17 days I travelled solo around the entire island shooting almost 24 hours, sleeping in the car, and eating whenever I had the time. During my days shooting this film I shot 38,000 images, travelled some 2900 miles, and saw some of the most amazing, beautiful, and indescribable landscapes on the planet. Iceland is absolutely one of the most beautiful and unusual places you could ever imagine. Especially during the Midnight Sun when the quality of light hitting the landscape is very unusual, and very spectacular.
Iceland is a landscape photographers paradise and playground, and should be number 1 on every photographers must visit list. Iceland during the Midnight Sun is in sort of a permanent state of sunset. The sun never full sets and travels horizontally across the horizon throughout the night, as can be seen in the opening shot and at the :51 second mark in the video.
During the Arctic summer, sunset was at midnight and sunrise was at 3am. The Arctic summer sun provided 24 hours a day of light, with as much as 6 hours daily of "Golden light". Once the sun had set it wouldn't even get dark enough for the stars to come out, and they don't start to reappear until August.
My advice to everyone out there, photographer or not, is simple... You MUST visit Iceland sometime during your lifetime. You will never regret it.
Interview with Michael Levy Studio about the film:
michaellevystudio.com/midnight-sun-an-icelandic-timelapse-by-joe-capra/
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If you want to follow my future photographic events you can find me at:
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GEAR
Motion Control System:
The motion controlled shots in this film were shot using the Stage Zero dolly system made by Dynamic Perception (dynamicperception.com/)
Cameras and Lenses:
2 Canon 5DII DSLR cameras
1 Canon 7D
Various Canon lenses
Music by This Will Destroy You
Song: "The World is Our"
Website: myspace.com/thiswilldestroyyou
Buy It on iTunes: itun.es/iBv9NS
Special Thanks to:
REYKJAVIK RENT A CAR (reykjavikrentacar.is/)
Dynamic Perception (dynamicperception.com/)
Jag35 (jag35.com/)
Kessler Crane (kesslercrane.com/)
LRTimelapse (lrtimelapse.com)
Timescapes (timescapes.org)
Michael Levy Studio (typolover.com) for his Icelandic eROADBOOK
(typolover.com/_travel/iceland_2009/iceland_days_index.htm)
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(but do you really have Midnight sun at Iceland?) ;)
Yes there is plenty to do in Iceland! Jet boating, glacier hiking, fishing, river rafting, swimming in natural hotpools, and reykjavik is one of the biggest party towns in the world.
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Congratulations.
This midnight sun phenomenon makes a very good reflection of the light.
14 days of hard work = hopefully worth it!
Added to "ONLY THE BEST HD VIDEOS" and "Slow Motion & Timelapse Theater"! :)
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Something that is becoming clearer: Iceland is the promised land of timelapse
What workflow has been used with LRTimelapse - Lightroom or what? Thanks for note.
Your video won the "Featured Video of the day" on our community site Time Lapse Italia:
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Congratulations, hope you're proud!
(Please share if you are :-P)
Take care mate,
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I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. So proud to be Icelandic.
My one visit to Iceland was in mid autumn, and even though I only had a point-and-shoot at the time, I could see the potential for magical photos. I'm soooo eager to return (in summer and in winter) and try and capture my feelings for the place.
great work sir
You'll have to work hard to beat this video :)
Great job and thank you for sharing!
Been trying to figure out how for about 2 years. Maybe some day I'll get to ride and photograph it.
Beautiful work!
colors are amazing
I just spent a week shooting all around Colorado with the fall colors and fresh snow...sleeping in the car as well. Got a solid handful of timelapses in, but it's something I need to keep working on. Your video is inspiring and it has definitely added to the list of places I need to visit.