I've added a few additional timelapse videos, embedded through my youtube channel. A lot can go wrong when making timelapse videos: camera shake; exposure errors; weather/wind changes; flicker; ramping errors; unexpected objects entering the frame; battery life; skipped frames;.... the list goes on. When timelapse does work, it is a great way to compress a long period of time with relatively slowly changing conditions into a short, more dramatic interpretation of time.
I've almost completed capturing aerial photos of every ocean, rock and tidal/netted pool along Australia's coastline (with the exception of locations in No-Fly Zone areas). These can be seen in the Photographs gallery: Australia's Ocean Pools. There have been a few challenges! Logistics, tides, weather, and a few ghost locations that may or may not have been tidal pools at one time in history have all made this more challenging than when I naively started this project.
The written record is minimal to nonexistent in several cases. This is not entirely surprising when a number of the rock pools were built by a few local friends, a couple of pickaxes and a few bags of cement. Failing at finding any sources that list these pools in their entirety, I've attached my list of names, locations, type and coordinates. So far, my count is as follows NSW: 107, QLD: 8, VIC: 1, WA: 2 making a grand total of 118. And I'm sure I'm missing several.
If you do know of any missing on this list, I would love to hear from you via email at latitudephoto@yahoo.com or through my website jeremyedwardsphotography.com.
I'm currently in the process of photographing Sydney's ocean and tidal pools and bogey holes. My first challenge has been to understand what, if any, is the difference between rock, ocean and tidal pools, baths and bogey holes. The second challenge has been to establish where they are. The fact that many of the pools, baths and bogey holes came into existence by the work of just a few locals, means the recorded history is sparse. Having initially guessed the number would be in the 40-50 range, my spreadsheet showing name, address, type, year constructed (if available) and coordinates is currently at 101! And I know I'm missing some.....
I've recently been spending more time creating time lapse videos. Although it is a niche area of photography, I appreciate how time lapse footage compresses time to reveal movement and change. It shows how sunlight, weather, and activity move over time. There is a lot that can go wrong in making a time lapse; camera movement, lens flicker, battery life, bumped tripod, exposure ramping, condensation on lens, rain, memory card buffering, to name a few. I've made them all. However, when it does come together, the result can be concise, clean, and stable revealing a compression of time.