Photographer Mark Toal recently shared a unique use of his Platypod to create time-lapse video of him staining his deck at home. We've said it before, and we'll say it again: Platypod is great for getting into those spaces a normal tripod can't! Mark used it as a perfect solution to set up his camera from a unique vantage point and record the final step of him staining the wood.ย
If you don't own a Platypod yet, be sure to check them out
here. And read on below as Mark describes his process in detail and shares the final video.
Mark Toal wrote:
I've recently been refinishing the deck on my house and wanted to record the final step ofย stainingย the newly sanded wood. I needed a way to set up the camera without a tripod since I didn't have space for a tripod. Instead, I used a bungee cord to secureย the Platypod to the deck railing, set my Lumix G9 with the 7-14mm lens to Time Lapse mode and shot a photo every 5 seconds untilย I was finished.
The camera created the video internally. I then used WiFi to transfer the video to my phone and uploadedย it to Facebook and my
ย Vimeo.comย account.ย
Check out the video below.
You can check out more of Mark's work here.
