Three Legged Thing Ultra Plates
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by Chad Higgins
5d ago
From the the creators of some truly epic tripods, the latest release from 3 Legged Thing is a real beaut! I’ve had the privilege of trying these out for a while and they’re fantastically useful. Let’s take a look: What are they for? They feature a cold shoe mount, a cable hook, accessory threads and they’re Arca Swiss compatible as well as being useful in many ways. For me personally, I get enraged with having to crop a 9:16 cut for social media out of a beautifully framed 9:16 aspect ratio so a while back I started shooting with dual cameras - one landscape and one portrait side by side. I’d ..read more
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Welcome To Earth
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by Chad Higgins
5d ago
Not a message for visiting aliens, ‘Welcome to Earth’ was a programme I worked on in 2019 with one William Smith in Tanzania. What seems like an eternity ago and delays on the release due to that Covid thing, it’s finally out and available for your viewing pleasure on Disney+ - here’s what I got up to… These are not Wildebeest The Mission The aim was to capture the Wildebeest / Gnu migrating across the plains of the Serengeti. For me, I’d be looking at capturing patterns / trails of their movement as well as your standard timelapses - sunrise / set etc and any other shots I could squeeze in ..read more
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The Sunrise to sunrise challenge
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by Chad Higgins
5d ago
Those of you that have been following me for a while will know that I work some long hours - I’d even go as far as saying ridiculous hours. If any of my previous bosses had turned around and asked me to put in a 24hr shift I’d have told them where to go. My problem is, is that I don’t consider what I do work which gets me in all sorts of sleep deprivation issues. That, however, is the only downside as the benefits to not working for a living far outweigh the negatives, as I thrust myself into a 24hr (ish) challenge… The Challenge ‘Unprecedented times’ had seen me spending most of my time in m ..read more
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The 2018 Timelapse and Hyperlapse Showreel
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by Chad Higgins
5d ago
2018 was another crazy year here at timelapse towers and as usual, it’s time to round it up with some of my favourite shoots from the year! There’s also something special happening today… Happy Birthday to us! That’s right, we’re officially 9 years old today. Unbelievably, this is also the first time I’ve celebrated it. January has been a bit full-on for the previous years as I’ve either been away shooting or on holiday so never got chance to either mention it or do anything about it. It’s been a rollercoaster of a ride for sure but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Getting paid to essentially ..read more
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The London Mastaba Timelapse
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by Chad Higgins
5d ago
If you follow my stories on instagram you’ll have seen I was in Hyde Park in London filming a very special (to me) and temporary art installation. But what of it, you ask? I’d like to take this opportunity to talk about inspiration, if I may. What is a Mastaba? It’s an ancient Egyptian tomb meaning ‘House for eternity’ or ‘Eternal house’. Basically a tomb for the well-to-do from the early dynastic period. Normally constructed out of mud bricks around the Nile, they’d build these huge tombs for their eminent dead. What’s this Mastaba made of? 7,506 horizontally stacked barrels on a floating pla ..read more
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Venice: How to work 82hrs in four days and survive
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by Chad Higgins
5d ago
I won't lie, the older I get the more it hurts but occasionally, and I mean very occasionally, I'll push the boat out and brave the storm.  There's more to life than work but when your work is your paid hobby, there's more life than work! As is usual with most of my gigs, I'd been passed on to a new client via a legend in the business known as Ed Coleman.  The shoot? four days in Venice followed by a quick trip to Athens for a day.  Myself and the Invisible Assistant prepped the kit, saddled up and headed off for a ridiculously early flight.   Upon arriving, it was straight ..read more
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Introducing... The 2017 Timelapse and Hyperlapse Reel
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by Chad Higgins
5d ago
I know, I know - everybody releases their reel in January and it's pushing into March but sometimes, time and tide awaits no man, or woman.  So, without further ado... Traditionally, there's normally a lull in January for tv folk in the UK - it's cold, wet and miserable and nobody wants that on their tv screens so production companies take time out.  This is where I'd normally sit down with a cup of tea and put together my reel of work from the previous year.   With the advent of 24/7 content, I find my Januarys are no longer free which is great news as sitting around drinking t ..read more
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The Victoria Amazonica - How to Timelapse a Water Lily
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by Chad Higgins
5d ago
Apart from the odd sunrise or sunset, I normally only get one shot at capturing each timelapse I undertake whilst shooting on location.  Unlike traditional filming, there's no 'cut' and start over from the director - there's often no director with me so I'm left to my own devices to get the shot in the can.  This task however, was a bit more of a rare occurance.  We're not talking solar eclipse rare; more of a couple of month's wait and by that time, I would have missed the transmission date anyway! A post shared by Chad Gordon Higgins (@chadchud) on Sep 2, 2017 at 10:45am PDT ..read more
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My Cherie Amour - How to timelapse cherry growth from flower to fruit
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by Chad Higgins
5d ago
Shooting a timelapse longer than 30 minutes has it's challenges.  Lighting is the main issue swiftly followed by predicting the future then throw in a mix of good fortune. In this post, I'll tell you how to overcome those and how I achieved the end result! The Taxi Driver I absolutely love the hand of fate that gets handed to me each day.  I've had a pretty random life so far and the best part of my 'job' is that I'm very rarely doing the same thing twice.  The amount of new challenges I face each week keeps me entertained as I bore very easily.  A photographer tends to sho ..read more
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The 2016 Reel is finally here!
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by Chad Higgins
5d ago
I know I usually release my showreel at some point in January but it's been a hell of a start to 2017!  All good though may I add,  and for reasons that I can't disclose just yet, you'll just have to wait for my excuses - they're pretty good though! Without further ado, here's what I got up to last year: We did a lot of island hopping in 2016 - Fuertaventura, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Ibiza, Cape Verde (Boa Vista & Sal), Rhodes, Crete, Menorca, Majorca and The Isle of Wight to name a few. We also did a lot of mainland shoots in Germany, Spain, Wales, England, Scotland, Holland ..read more
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