DAKOTALAPSE

      Bad Astronomer on the Meteor and persistent train While shooting a Moon set with the Milky Way timelapse near the White River in South Dakota. I caught a meteor with a persistent train. It lasted for 68 frames of the timelapse then moved out of frame to [...]

Tempest Milky Way won Best Overall and Audience Choice at the 2011 Chronos Film Festival Download an extended cut of this video here, with almost 1 minute of extra footage. 5$ See stills below. Order prints and gallery wraps on Zenfolio Stills from footage on the extended cut. One of [...]

During the month of May, I shot Milky Way timelapse in central South Dakota when I had the time, and the weather cooperated. The biggest challenge was cloudy nights and the wind. There were very few nights, when I could shoot, that were perfectly clear, and often the wind was [...]

“Orion” – motion controlled night timelapse from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.   Wired.com article Robo-Camera Rig Animates the Night Sky Taken in central South Dakota in late march-early april. It was the first time I’ve had the chance to use an Orion head mounted on the Dynamic Perception Stage Zero [...]

Sub Zero – winter night timelapse from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.     Shot in South Dakota in early February with most nights sub zero with -25 wind chill. Used Dynamic Perception Stage Zero dolly and Milapse mount on most of the shots. The Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly worked great in [...]