Trial Run

So today saw the planting up of the snowdrops and the setting up an overnight trial run, mainly to work out interval times and also to see if the flash batteries will last for that long!

I'm struggling with my lighting at the moment. The room where I am has no natural light which is a blessing as I have complete control over the lighting, but not such good news for the plants. My zoology housemate managed to procure a uv lightbulb from her biology lecturer, however it is from an age where 160watt light fittings were available thus I spent the afternoon fruitlessly wandering round various electical suppliers trying not to look like a grow-your-own weed smoking student. I'm still searching, so if anyone has any electrical wisdom they could pass on I would be very grateful!

Timelapse Backgrounds

I've been out shooting backgrounds for my timelapses to be shot against today. Here are the final ones that'll be printed tomorrow...

Hope the out of focus-ness doesn't mess with your eyes too much!

All images ©Lydia Harris 2012

Seasonal Change Timelapses

So new semester kicks off with a new project. I am looking at seasonal change from winter to spring and as part of this I'm going to be doing studio timelaspses of growth. I will be shooting all your archetypal spring plants; bluebells, snowdrops, primroses, lily of the valley, cyclamen, as well as looking a root growth, and hopefully frogspawn.

Here is the full kit I'm going to use (apologies for the ugly carpert!). So for the next 4 weeks I'm going to have 3 setups running at any one time so as to get as much footage as I can.

I'll be posting new updates and works in progress as the term goes on!

The Red Sea

So it's probably about time my blog lived up to its name and I actually showed some photos of fish! These are from my recent trip to the Red Sea.

Here is also a video from my group film project showing some of the underwater footage from Egypt too http://vimeo.com/35878499 ...enjoy!
Find Your Element from Mike Wilkinson on Vimeo.

 All images ©Lydia Harris 2012

Clouds

I'm pretty excited to announce that my certificate and badge arrived in the post to officially welcome me as member 28,415 of The Cloud Appreciation Society. Here is a timelapse I made whilst I was appreciating clouds... enjoy!

Gardens and snails

We've started our semester on moving image and our first assignment was to create a 1 minute edit after shooting 4 film clips. I've never done anything like this, so let me know what you think!

Summer at the Lakes

 I spent a week in the Lake District with a borrowed twin lens reflex camera.

All images copyright Lydia Harris 2011