Ignore the Big Picture with Blue Fier

Since I started shooting time-lapses I’ve noticed how many times I have been concentrating on the Big Picture, only to have the Little Picture steal the show.

Last summer I was photographing two different time-lapses of the Valley Overlook in Yosemite National Park. I was interested in capturing the hundreds of people stopping to take in this famous view. Some people didn’t even get out of their car but roll down the window to take a picture, usually while still moving!

When I assembled the series of digital still images to create my time-lapse movies I noticed how the Rainbow Waterfall was being pushed around by the wind. The throngs of people from all over the world (Big Picture) are fascinating, as are their languages, but the waterfall moving (Little Picture) is what really catches your attention.

Learn more from Blue in his workshop

Time-Lapse Photography Intensive
with Blue Fier
September 2 - September 4, 2011

See his Yosemite time-lapse movies on his web site, www.bluefier.com