by Martien Janssen | Asia, Indonesia, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
My Bali Timelapse Quadrilogy is a set of 4 different timelapse videos, using different techniques of slicing (TimeSlice), blending (BlendScape) and mirroring (MirrorScape) my images. I just love how I can take the same photo realistic scene and capture a different...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Indonesia, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
The Bali monsoon season is known for wind, rather than crazy storms or much rain. During the Covid lockdown we had the wettest, longest monsoon season in many years, lasting for most of a year. Weeks would pass barely showing the sun. Tough times to shoot and many...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Indonesia, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
When I was in Bali during the lockdown, I spent a full year driving around the island shooting my videos and this Mt Agung & Batur timelapse & drone movie. Mt Agung at 3031m can be seen from most of the island, decorating the view and forming a lovely backdrop...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Myanmar, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Shadowland timelapse movie. Shadowland is the third movie of my Bagan timelapse pentalogy. This 8,5 minute long timelapse journey shows you Bagan during the different light of day. Starting at sunrise and ending at night, this movie takes you along my journey as I...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Myanmar, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Rogue Storm timelapse movie. ROGUE STORM is the second movie of my Bagan timelapse pentalogy. The movie is built around a rare night with 3 lightning storms passing over Bagan. In this dry zone very little rain falls, even in monsoon season. The chance of capturing a...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Myanmar, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Dimension Reflection timelapse movie. Dimension Reflection is the fifth and final movie in my Bagan timelapse pentalogy. This movie explores the realms of reflections, using 2, 4, 8 and 16 reflections. To add to the surreal effect of it all I used my blending...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Myanmar, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
TimeBlend timelapse movie. TimeBlend is the fourth movie of my Bagan timelapse pentalogy. It’s a ‘creative timelapse movie’ of Bagan using a blending technique to capture the element of time. By blending images from the timelapse sequence with each other, I aim to...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Myanmar, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Shadow of a Dynasty timelapse movie. Shadow of a Dynasty is the first and main movie of my Bagan timelapse pentalogy, using (motion controlled) timelapse, hyperlapse and dronelapse. The movie shows you one of worlds’ most incredible man-built locations as it still...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Myanmar, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites
Behind the scenes at my Bagan Project. There is a lot to tell about this entire Bagan project of 6 movies and several photo series. In every aspect it is the biggest, most time consuming, most unique ánd most least safe project I’ve ever worked on. The project grew...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Indonesia, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Bali timelapse movie My Bali timelapse ‘Island of Gods’ is a movie of one of my favorite islands. As cliché as Bali might sound (everyone’s visiting Bali these days) it is an island like no other, with gorgeous nature and wonderful landscape, kind people, great food...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Indonesia, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Mt Bromo timelapse – Bromo shot from day to night. Mt Bromo timelapse, a movie about one of worlds’ most impressive locations. In this country with most volcanos in the world, none is as scenic and popular as Mt Bromo. It is visited by hundreds...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Four absolute gems of the Philippines. 14 Months in the Philippines, 10 terrabyte of photos and videos, 4 messed up lenses and a broken camera. But boy, I had fun and shot a lot of great footage with my cameras and drone! It sure is ‘More Fun in the...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Philippines Scapes timelapse. I went to the Philippines for 4 months to travel the country that had been on my list for so long. 4 Months became 14 months… Instead of explaining why, I think it’s pretty clear what I was up to in that time, if you...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Stunning Ifugao-made rice terraces in a Batad timelapse movie. My Batad timelapse movie ‘Queen of Rice Terraces, earns its title. It was one of the highlights during my stay in the Philippines and one of the top destinations for my photography work....
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Milky Way meets lightning storm in Dedon Island Resort timelapse. A timelapse movie shot at Dedon Island Resort (now Nay Palad) at Siargao, Philippines. During my stay at Siargao I was shooting lots of Milky Way timelapses and eventually came up with a plan to...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Siargao timelapse. My final Siargao timelapse, Philippines. Siargao is a hidden gem, surfing capital of the country and surrounded by gorgeous islands. The kinda place you end up staying longer, as happened to me. After 2 weeks here I decided to simply stay...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Siargao Night Light. Siargao Night Light is part 3 of my Siargao timelapse trilogy. This timelapse movie shows the beauty of lightning shot at Siargao. It starts with a Milky Way shot at Cloud 9 and then shows a couple of lightning storms shot at Siargao and...
by Martien Janssen | Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Siargao Dusk to Dawn. Siargao Dusk to Dawn is part 2 of my Siargao timelapse trilogy. This timelapse movie is about Siargao between sunset and sunrise, focussing especially on the Milky Way. The movie starts at Cloud 9 and shows a variety of scenes shot at Guyam...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Siargao Dawn to Dusk. Siargao Dawn to Dusk is part 1 of my Siargao timelapse trilogy. This timelapse movie is about Siargao between sunrise and sunset. It starts at the iconic Cloud 9 boardwalk, followed by some scenes at Ocean101, a privately owned island,...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Camiguin timelapse. Camiguin is a pearl- shaped island located in the Northern Mindanao Region with a total land area of 238 square kilometers. It is a small mountainous Island with volcanic origins and home to seven volcanoes and other mountains, no wonder it is...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Batanes timelapse. Batanes timelapse movie, the northernmost islands in the Philippines. Wow, Batanes is something else! Tucked away in the ocean, Batanes lies right in the area where many typhoons pass by each year. These storms have shaped the land and you won’t...
by Martien Janssen | Europe, Spain, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Spain timelapse. During my time home recently I went back to one of the first timelapse projects I worked on, my Spain timelapse. I knew I could improve the footage and remove flicker, where before I hadn’t been able to. I went back to all source files and...
by Martien Janssen | Europe, The Netherlands, Travel Blog, Travel Videos
Where it all began: timelapsing Dutch clouds. ‘Dutch Clouds’, a timelapse movie of clouds rolling over the flat Dutch landscapes. I started shooting my very first timelapses for this movie. This movie wasn’t yet about creating a story line, in a way it’s...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Indonesia, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites
Mt Bromo TimeScapes: The Birth of the TimeScapes Project For the kickoff of my ongoing TimeScapes project I went to one of the most incredible locations on earth, Mt Bromo volcano at Indonesia. During a full month I shot day and night to capture the footage for...
by Martien Janssen | Asia, Philippines, Photography Tips, Travel Blog, Travel Blog Favourites
‘The Perfect Storm’, shot with 4 cameras at one of world’s most amazing resorts! This ‘Perfect Storm’ time lapse is my favourite work of 14 months in the Philippines. Actually it’s my favourite one of all time. This time lapse is more than a...
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