Time Lapse

I have been having a bit of fun with my GoPro at work. I’ve done a few time lapse films of different parts of the day. The first is the unload at Stockport.

We have fifteen cages on the back of a seven and a half ton truck. We attach lanyards to the cages as they go up and down the tail lift. There is a no go zone whilst the tail lift is in motion and one person is a spotter who keeps an eye on everything. In this high speed unload I am the spotter in the orange jacket.

Health and safety is paramount, but accidents can always happen as I know very well. Three years ago I was unloading on the back of the lorry and I stepped back when the tail lift was down and I fell off. I ended up having a little trip in an ambulance to hospital to have my head stapled back together.

Thanks go out to Lou who came to the hospital with me and recorded key moments on her phone…🤣

So…moving on from the unload to setting up a session. This time I recorded a speeded up version in Bolton.

Positioning of the camera isn’t always easy in an empty room, so this is attempt number one. There were no accidents during this set up so, thankfully, no hospital images added here.

Once set up the actual session takes place.

Like a colony of ants we dart about the session. In and out of screening booths, walking round the pod putting needles in, taking needles out.

We set up pretty quickly, but the pack down is a high speed manoeuvre. The load onto the lorry is just the same as the unload only in reverse.

These are the first few attempts at a bit of time lapse videoing. I need to perfect my technique.