For years, timelapse videos were very fushigi to me. How the fuck do you make a proper timelapse video? Failure after failure in the non-automatic timelapse days left me with tons of photos that were of no use together. With the help of the state of emergency and time on my hands I began to construct a video that forced me to learn the craft of making a timelapse.

Wherever I went, within Japan, I brought a camera and a tripod. Early mornings, late nights, and uncomfortable weather conditions tested my patience and discipline. There were times the heat of the sun was so extreme that it would make the concrete hot enough to burn though my jeans. My knees would cook as I setup a camera only too soon to realize it would not turn on due to the temperature outside. I must have shot 200 timelapses in little over a year. The results were over 100 failures.

However, overtime I began to see the movement before I took the picture. I began to understand the image quality and abilities of the Nikon, Sony, Fuji, and iPhone cameras I used for each shoot. The practice allowed me to begin utilizing timelapses in other people’s projects. And it also gave me an excuse to see other parts of Japan. I would stay up through the night and watch the stars in Hokkaido, the moon rise in Chiba, and the sunset in Nagasaki. It bended my perspective and allowed me to see the magic in a small town.

Locations include Tokyo, Chiba, Kawasaki, Yamanashi, Osaka, Hakodate, Nara, Nagasaki, Hokkaido, and Saitama.