Finding Oregon from Uncage the Soul Productions

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Produced 2011 by Uncage the Soul Productions
Ben Canales, John Waller, Steve Engman, Blake Johnson
http://www.uncagethesoul.com

To plan your adventure to Oregon, visit Travel Oregon at
http://www.traveloregon.com/outdoors

Finding Oregon is the compilation of six months of timelapse photography across the state of Oregon, punctuated by a 1600 mile road trip in September. We've filmed the Columbia River Gorge, Mt Hood, Mt Jefferson, the Southwestern Coast, the Alvord Desert, Leslie Gulch, Blue Mountains, Crater Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness, Deschutes River, and more. We're proud to have touched all four corners of the state; however Oregon is the kind of place that the more you see, the more places there are to still discover.

The greatest challenge with this project was being in the right place at the right time. Night timelapse sequences particularly have an unexpected number of requirements to get the bright, stunning payoff. First, the moon should be around the New Moon phase (no moon) so as not to compete with outshining the stars, so that means we get about 5 days a month window. Next, weather must be cooperative with a dependable expectancy of cloudless skies. Here in Oregon, only the Summer months have good chance of clear skies, so only 1/4 of the year offers good chance of clear skies. So that means, we have three months in the year, with a 5 day window each month to plan with fingers crossed for epic star shooting conditions. That's only 15 days in a year. Then, you hope that something doesn't come up in regular life to pull you away to other obligations on those few days. It is a maddening challenge getting all the factors to line up to be in the right place at the right time. But, when it does happen- it is such a satisfying feeling!

Behind the scenes video and photos will be posted at
http://www.facebook.com/UncagetheSoulProductions

Many thanks to those who supported us in this project including...

Music by Michael Nelson Rizzo
http://www.epicsoul.com

Pro Photo Supply...still and video camera and audio equipment support
http://www.prophotosupply.com

Columbia Sportswear
http://www.columbia.com

Dynamic Perception
http://www.dynamicperception.com

Bill Price
Captain of the Starship

On Ecosalon
http://ecosalon.com/exclusive-video-oregon-nature-timelapse-434/

On OPB
http://ecotrope.opb.org/2011/11/video-you-can-still-see-the-stars-in-oregon/

On Treehugger
http://www.treehugger.com/travel/gorgeous-time-lapse-video-of-oregons-starry-night-sky.html

On Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/29/oregon-in-stunning-time-lapse_n_1119329.html

On KATU
http://www.katu.com/living/outdoors/Capturing-Oregons-beauty-one-frame-at-a-time-134775568.html

On REI
http://findout.rei.com/blog_detail/?contentid=6464935742904532667

On Yahoo
http://shine.yahoo.com/green/stunning-timelapse-video-oregon-181600226.html

On Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/11/30/time-lapse-images-reveal-oregon-in-all-i?videoId=226022806&videoChannel=300

On NewSchoolofPhotography
http://newschoolofphotography.com/content/1301-finding-oregon.html

On KGW
http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/Finding-Oregon-Time-lapse-photography-134772623.html

On Discover Magazine
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/30/time-lapse-finding-oregon/

On The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/video/archive/2011/12/finding-oregon/249312/

On PhotoWeeklyOnline
http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/finding-oregon-timelapse-video/

On Scientific American
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/culturing-science/2011/12/02/breathtaking-time-lapse-video-makes-me-question-copernicus/