ASHLEY'S SENIOR SHOOT - MT. AIRY,NC

little ashley is my dream model. i love her hair, unique sense of style and of course those big blue eyes! 

we had so much fun walking around downtown mt. airy. i will definitely have to remember this place for other shoots!

HELLO AUTUMN.

the morning awoke us like every other, the soft shuffles of the pup, the annoyance of an alarm clock. sheets were rustled, coffee was brewed and as the front door opened, we were greeted with a light breeze and a chill in the air. a soft rustle in the trees, a squirrel running by, and the sweet smell of autumn.

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Plains Milky Way from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.

to say this dude blows my mind is an understatement, with a passion for timelapse and the love of my south dakota roots, i have to say i have watched this video about 50 times already.

In his words: 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 blowing 25mph +. That made it hard to get the shots I wanted. I kept most of the shots low to the ground, so the wind wouldn’t catch the setup and cause camera shake, or blow it over. I used a Stage Zero Dolly on the dolly shots and a “Milapse” mount on the panning ones.

This was all shot at night. If you see stars and it looks like daylight, it is actually moon light. 20+ second exposures make it look like daylight.

Shot in RAW format, the Milky Way shots were 30 seconds exposure F2.8 or F1.8 with 2 second interval between shots, for 3-4 hours run time. ISO 1600, the opening shot was ISO 3200.

Ten seconds of the video is about 2 hours 20 minutes in real time.