<p>ForTom,timelapsestartedoutasahobby.Bravingtheconditions,hewouldcampoutinplacessuchasYosemite,orJoshuaTreeNationalPark,shootingthenightsky,theneditingthefootageanduploadingshortfilmstoVimeo.com.Peoplestartedtotakenotice,withsomeofhisVimeovideosrackinguphundredsofthousandsofviews.Simultaneously,LowelaunchedtheTimescapes.orgforum,thelargestcommunityoftimelapseshootersontheinternet,whichhasgrowntoover5,000members.ThisledtoachanceencounterontheinternetwithNewZealandcomposerandentrepreneurNigel“John”Stanford.Afterabriefemailconversation,“TimeScapes”themoviewasborn,withStanfordagreeingtofundthemovieandprovideTomwitha4KRedMXdigitalcinemacamera,whileCanonUSAsponsoredthefilmbyprovidingLowewith5.6K5DMarkIIDSLRsandlenses.Productioninvolvedmanyhardships.Tomsleptoutdoorsfor250nights,sleepingoncots(withouttents)underthestarsnexttohiscamera,whiletimelapsewasbeingcaptured.Duringthemiddleofprinciplephotographyon“TimeScapes”,LowewontheAstronomyPhotographeroftheyearawardin2011,withtheaboveimage,’BlazingBristlecone’-featuringa4,000-year-oldbristleconepinetreeagainsttheMilkyWay.Unbeknownsttothejudges,thephotowasactuallyjustoneframeofatime-lapsemovie,whichisfeaturedin“TimeScapes”,themovie.Duringproduction,twotrailerswerereleased,whichwentontogatherover3millionviews.TimeScapeswasshotin5KresolutiononRedEpicandCanonDLSRcameras,editedin4KinAdobePremiereandAfterEffects,andgradedat16-bit4KatLightIronHollywoodonaQuantelPablosystem,bycoloristIanVertovec(“GirlwiththeDragonTattoo”,“SocialNetwork”).</p>