My Fish Loves Metal!!!! – Fish Time-Lapse Video

This blog will be dedicated to creating time lapse videos. Any ideas that you have for ‘subjects’, by all means leave them as comments! I would love to hear from you in that regard.

The most common ones that I have access to will be our pet fish and while driving (but not at the same time). I actually created a little rig for the camera to be on my dashboard. It still needs some work but check back soon for that new video.

And so: A time lase video of our Beta fish set to some heavy metal :-P

Dirty Laundry! – Washing Machine Time Lapse Video (8,276 YouTube views!!!)

I don’t know how or why this got 8,276 YouTube views, but I was quite happy to see it. Most of my time-lapse videos are lucky to get 100 views, I’m not sure how this one hit paydirt!

You’ve never seen a load of laundry go so fast! 35minutes of a laundry cycle completed in 2 minutes!

I had to modify the washing machine to be able to run with the top up but I had already done that like a year ago (long story there).

Ok, I’ve got time. I thought it was a real time waster, to load the entire cycle while the washer just sat there dry. I really wanted to start the water and then add the clothes as it usually takes a good 5 minutes to fill the entire thing. How impatient am I that I can’t wait an extra 5 minutes??? Don’t answer that ;-)

So a while back I started stuffing a feather duster handle into the slot that contains the safety switch for the lid…all was well and working fine for several months until I jammed the handle in there too hard one day and it busted the switch :-(

So I had to tie some electrical tape around the switch so that the washer could run at all…needless to say it is not the safest washing machine in the neighborhood but it sure came in handy for the video!

Obey Your Fast – Driving Time Lapse Video

Another driving video, this one has a twist compared to the Blockbuster Blitzkrieg entry. But like the Blockbuster Blitzkrieg, since it has lots of movement, Youtube was not very kind to me on the transcoding. It’s a lot better than Blockbuster Blitzkrieg though as far as the pixelation is concerned.

I think the driving videos are one of the most interesting subjects though, a 15 minute ride to the store turns out to be a 50 second clip and usually has loads to visual candy to look at. I foresee doing lots of them just for that reason but the hard part will be keeping them interesting. over the long haul.

This one is actually 2 clips with a twist, hopefully you’ll be able to recognize the twist! And I’ll try to upload the myspace version but as of right now I keep getting an error…big surprise.