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Incredible Time Lapse Video of Paris – Created with over 30,000 Images

Huffington Post UK have picked up the most incredible time lapse video of Paris created by Mayeul Akpovi. He took over 30,000 images to create this video and the detail is totally outstanding. This video would make a fabulous tourist incentive, that’s if you’re not already very keen to go.

Thanks to Mike Hardaker of 645 PRO fame for pointing out there’s a ‘making of video’ – we have attached that below too.

This is not a mobile photography creation but it’s inspiring nonetheless of course. Here’s a list of the gear Mayeul used to create this video:

Canon 5D Mark III

Canon 5D Mark II

Canon 24-70mm f2.8 L USM

Sigma 15mm f2.8 EX DG Fisheye

Samyang 14mm f2.8

Tamron 70-300mm f4-5,6 Di VC USD

Filters: ND2 to ND400

Mayeul made sure to include all the best of Paris, here’s his location shot list:

– Les Invalides

- Le pont des Invalides

- Eglise Saint-Eustache

- Place de la Bastille

- Funiculaire de Montmartre

- Basilique du Sacré
-Cœur de Montmartre

- Pont de Bir Hakeim

- Trocadéro (Palais de Chaillot, Tour Eiffel)

- La Défense (Esplanade de la Défense)

- Le Louvre (Pyramide du musée du Louvre, L’Arc de Triomphe du Carousel)

- Tour Montparnasse (Paris vu aérienne, Tour Eiffel, etc.)

- Pont des Arts (Vue sur la Seine au couché du soleil)

- Champs de Mars (Feux d’artifices de la Tour Eiffel)

- Les champs Elysées
- L’Arc de Triomphe (Place de l’Etoile)

- Pont de Neuilly (La Défense, Grand Arche de la Défense)

Take a look at the video below to see for yourselves:

 

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Time Lapse Video of Paris

The Making of the Paris Time Lapse video

Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)

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