John Eklund | art-photography

John Eklund - Artist Study

John Eklund

John Eklund began his career as a wedding/event photographer, but now takes time lapses after having been inspired by time lapses posted by artists on YouTube. He says:

"The privilege and challenge of capturing nature’s beauty and sharing the unique aspects of time through my camera lens is incredibly rewarding."

He chooses interesting locations to produce images that tell a story about the world.

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Analysis

The video above, is made from various shoots at different loctions in Portland. All the images would have been taken using an intervalometer. This is a tool that releases the shutter on the camera at certain intervals for a certain period of time. Also, some shots are dynamic, panning from one side to another, using a special timelapse dolly that moves the camera very slowly at a set speed throughout the shoot. These hundreds or thousands of photos are then put together much like a stop motion animation, at perhaps 25 frames per second; each photo taken being one frame. This is then exported as a video file which can be stabilized or edited further in video editing software such as Adobe After Effects.

I like this work because all of the shots have been thought about a lot, for example in this screenshot from 00:49 in the video, the exposure time of the camera lasts a few seconds to capture the speed of the traffic.

The video above, is made from various shoots This inspired me for my creative use of light, as this shot utilises the light available in a very creative way, and when in context in the video, it looks very impressive.

Another feature I'd like to incorporate into my timelapse video is capturing the transition from light to dark, as seen in the screenshots above. I think this would work nicely as an end to my timelapse video, as it signifies the sun going down; the end of the video.

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John Eklund - Artist Study

I like this work because all of the shots have been thought about a lot, for example in this screenshot from 00:49 in the video, the exposure time of the camera lasts a few seconds to capture the speed of the traffic.

The video above, is made from various shoots This inspired me for my creative use of light, as this shot utilises the light available in a very creative way, and when in context in the video, it looks very impressive.

Another feature I'd like to incorporate into my timelapse video is capturing the transition from light to dark, as seen in the screenshots above. I think this would work nicely as an end to my timelapse video, as it signifies the sun going down; the end of the video.