Tutorial: How to Setup a Motion Day-to-Night Traffic Timelapse - Mark Thorpe

Mark Thorpe is an award-winning cameraman and photographer. Beginning his career in underwater imaging, Mark went on to win an Emmy for his work on the National Geographic series 'Great Migrations'. His love of the natural world continues to direct his film and photographic projects, however a move to Japan has seen him take on the challenge of documenting its vibrant cityscapes.

This detailed Day-to-Night Traffic Timelapse video tutorial includes Mark's tips for finding the right location, setting up your equipment, including motion control, and how to take your freshly shot timelapse through the editing process in Adobe Lightroom and LR Timelapse Pro.

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In the field:
0:25 - Equipment - Camera l Lens
1:02 - Choosing the Location
2:02 - Camera Settings - White Balance l Fstop l Shutterspeed l ISO l Focus
4:12 - Genie Mini Setup - Pairing l REC Time l Play Time l Interval
5:32 - Setting up the Movement - Start Point l Movement l Preview
6:40 - Manually Ramping Shutter speed and ISO

Post Production:
8:07 - Introduction and Creating Keyframes in LRTimelapse Pro
9:16 - Keyframe Adjustments in Adobe Lightroom
9:35 - Syncronising Keyframe Adjustment Settings
12:46 - Auto transition Keyframe Adjustments in LRTimelapse Pro
13:23 - Deflickering
14:32 - Exporting

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[since]

that kelvin adjustment is a great suggestion!!! thanks

[kenchooo]

One of the Best Comprehensive Timelapse video tutorial. Very Effective. Thank You!

[lythalmind]

manually adjusting the exposure in between pictures is the best option for any photographer who doesn't have LRLightrroom or any other flicker fixing plugin. I realized this after watching like 10 different creators tutorials. thank you

[brianmoore]

thank God a proper tutorial for timelapse magic thank you so much

[astrovlog]

Great video! thanks for sharing! The background music is a bit distracting, but the info you gave us is great!

[martinseeger]

Thanks for the great video. I just tried the same technique with my new Syrp Genie Mini. I wonder how you manage to touch your camera without moving it and thus disturbing the movement. Unfortunately my Syrp Genie is always a littel loose when and only the slightest touch will move the whole camera. I am quiet frustraded. D you also have this problem or might I have an production error in my Genie Mini?
Thanks

[Wastelander]

Cant stop watching! To me the music suits well, it gives me that "one moment in time of humanity feeling" that suits well to the captured scene! And thank you for explaining the making of so well! Great work!

[MileyonDisney]

Very helpful video! Mark explained everything very well, and I feel like everything that could arise was covered. His final timelapse was pretty cool. Always wondered how to go from day to night. Can't wait to try it out. Thanks!

[bnnett]

Hey I just wanted to say that this is the best and most detailed time-lapse video I have seen so far thank you very much subscribed to your channel

[colingladden]

That is the best thumbnail I've ever seen in the years I've been on YouTube

[twosheafilms]

Awesome tutorial! Big thanks to Mark and Syrp for making this happen! Looks like I'll be purchasing LR Time Lapse Pro. I've been doing some TL but I haven't tried the night to day yet.

[Bobbylopezcreative]

They sony mirrorless cameras have a feature in their time-lapse app that has an AE tracking feature that changes the exposure for you when doing day to night time-lapses. I can't imagine having to stand in front of the camera to make long time lapses and have to manually fiddle with the settings in between each frame. Kudos to you!

[VReyes]

Very informative and well done video. I will start into amateur photography so you will have me here for all those tips and knowledge you have. 👌

[Lumencraft-]

Great video. I just learned a few things about my camera I wasn't even expecting to.

[chrisscarffe]

Thanks Mark. Super informative and very useful.

[Mr.HarryPotter]

Thanks so much for posting this.
Even though, I have been using LRTimelapse and Genie Mini for quite some time, but watching this video was a pleasure no matter you know what you doing or just a beginner. Many people tried to explain Holy Grail in LRTimelapse, but this is the best one ever.
I wish Syrp would take care of the App freezing on me most of the tome and upgrade the App so it could automatically Bramp (Bulb+Ramping) in Bull Mode just like Radian (The Dark Side!) did from the beginning. Changing the settings on the camera while shooting is exhausting and impractical etc., for longer time-lapses or at night.

[thehemsley_]

Great tutorial, I have learnt a lot that I hope to take over to my drone time lapse. Keep up the great work

[daysinparadise]

I already came across time laps pro but had no time so far looking at tutorials, thanks for the quick run though mate the editing process seems to be clear now, I just need to get used to my DSLR now to get proper shots first as sunrise /sunset seem to be the more challenging tasks ;)

[wbarela]

Really beautiful work and great tutorial! Thanks!

[natepate]

Cool very cool thanks for all your time and explaining how to do all the stuff very very neat stuff