After saving the photos from my first attempt at snapping about a day’s worth of photos, I used the Open Image Sequence option in Quicktime to make a time-lapse video. I tried various frame rates, and found 10 fps to be a fair balance for me in this case. I added some audio with iMovie as well: Millenium from Outkasts’s ATLiens, because I was listening to this album for a good portion of the time while the camera was capturing images. Check it out below.
As of my last entry, the plan for the enviroment-logging-assignment has changed a bit. I’ve learned that Blackberry devices are relatively locked down, and therefore difficult to use for creative projects. Rather than trying to hack the Blackberry, a beautiful solution occurred to me — why not borrow a Symbian device and try loading an existing application readily available online. Smile. With some generosity from ITP, I now have an N95 in hand, with 8gb of memory already available (another 8 gb chip and ipod shuffle are on the way via dhl still). After some reading and tinkering, I’ve concluded that N series devices are pretty dope…free connection through wifi, Bluetooth giving easy access to the images. So, I installed an application called Snapper written by Markus Mertama. Super simple and free. I started the capture around 2 pm today, and I’m shooting 640×480, every 20 seconds, just above waist level. I’ve been sitting in front of my machine most of the day, working with this for an hour or two to get it going, but then moreso coding a little Dating Game Show project for LiveWeb. I’ll keep shooting pics tonight and then again tomorrow morning. So far, I have around 1000. This should be cool.
