Caminographer

I made sure to arrive early enough at the Albergue in order to have the time to shower, wash, eat and then go out to scout out this spot on the hill above and to the right of the village. Ths was my third Holy Grail time lapse. My Canon 6D Mark II with EF 24-105 lens was set at 40 mm and mounted on the tripod. I was running it via the Canon App on my iPhone. The first frame was shot at 1/6 sec at f / 16 at 7:00 pm, and I shot the total of 276 frames in 43 min.

After having scouted out the perfect spot (see my previous video), I returned to this epic location in the evening, ready to shoot my second-ever Holy Grail time lapse. The Burgos Hill top was surprisingly empty - I had feared that I'd have to fight for a spot. I quickly set up my tripod and, having the sunset at about 120 degrees to my right, I waited until only the towers of the Cathedral were drenched in the sunset gold. I had my Canon 6D Mark II, with EF 24-105 f/4 lens at 35 mm, mounted on the tripod and operated via the Canon App on my iPhone. The first frame was fired at 1/6 sec at f / 16 at 6:56 pm. I shot the total of 307 frames in the total time of 1 hr. 45 min.

On all my previous Caminos, I had no idea there was a hill looming right over the old historic center of Burgos and offering a magnificent view of the Cathedral and the downtown. I wanted to shoot another Holy Grail time lapse (coming up next), but since I arrived in Burgos early and had a lot of time, I decided to go up on the Hill in the afternoon to scout it out and pre-select a location for the evening photo session. The view left me speechless! I did not have my Canon camera with me, so this was shot with my iPhone 11 Pro Max, set on a mini-tripod, using the App Frameograph set at 4 second interval, and totaling 464 frames.

This is my very first attempt at shooting a Holy Grail evening-to-night time lapse. I arrived in Atapuerca fairly late, and noticed that the skies had sufficient, but not too many clouds. The Church of San Martin Obispo is a few blocks to the right of the Camino, and it was hard to tell whether I would have a good shot of it, so it was a lucky gamble to find that the church is at the edge of town and can be centered in a frame with nothing but the clouds around it. I had my Canon 6D Mark II, with EF 24-105 f/4 lens at 32 mm, mounted on the tripod and operated via my iPhone. I shot 278 frames, going from 1/13 to 25 sec.

The next in this mini time lapse series is a windy afternoon recording in front of the Monastery San Juan de Ortega, 1 day before reaching the city of Burgos. I didn't have anything to eat until getting here in the afternoon, so first thing - I enjoyed some delicious snacks from the local bar nearby and the windy quietness of this beautiful, scenic place. This time lapse was shot with Canon 6D Mark II set on the tripod. I decided to go with the automatic time lapse function, and programmed the settings at 300 frames with 5 seconds interval, hoping the clouds wouldn't disappear and I could capture their dramatic move. Funny fact: the reason I decided to film this was, actually, the fact that, after the food, I became super-ready to take a siesta, so the camera did its thing as I snoozed on the nearby bench. A half an hour later, the job was done and, after an espresso, I hit the road with newly-refreshed vigor.

The second time lapse in this mini time lapse series is a recording of the Knights Templar Church Santa Maria de Eunate, on the Camino Aragones, just off the French Camino and near the town Obanos where the two Ways converge. This was shot with my Canon 6D Mark II camera on a tripod, thou there's still a bit of a shake due to the high winds that day (which made the clouds that much more interesting). Cool fact: if you haven't done so: when visiting Eunate, take your shoes off and walk barefoot on the stones around the octagon perimeter three rounds - that makes for an amazing experience!

The first one in this series is this mini time lapse recording done on the Alto de Perdón summit, roughly between Pamplona and Puente la Reina, on day 3 of the French Camino. Like in most places on the Camino in the COVID year 2020, this summit, normally filled with Pilgrims resting and picture-taking, was almost completely empty. I shot this time lapse with my iPhone 11 Max Pro, set on a tripod (though there was still a bit of a wind shake since this is, after all, a mount summit), and using the app "Framograph." The total was 650 frames shot at 4 sec intervals. Funny fact: this was my very first time lapse ever, and little did I know how addictive it was what I was getting myself into... Buen Camino!