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Cascade Camera Works

Photography - Video - Timelapse

Long Term Construction Time Lapse Photography

We build our time lapse housings for construction, industry, and nature monitoring applications.

Because we build each time lapse housing to spec for in-house client driven projects, we can customize them for each project. Weatherproof, solar powered and self contained. Our housings are able to be installed in virtually any location. They can also house nearly any DSLR package, including full-side professional bodies. Because we build them to your spec, they can be remotely monitored, have a live video feed, upload images to the web, or simply save to a memory card.

See our Video Production page for our other video services or our YouTube to see more of our video content. Because we are a full service production house, we can handle construction documentation, regular photos and video, Drone Photography or traditional Aerial Photography. We focus on high quality content, and we have specialized in strictly commercial clients for over twelve years.

Have a project in need of photos, video, or Time Lapse?

Our cameras can run for hours, months, or years

Long term time lapse photography can be utilized for documenting construction progress, demolition, vegetation growth, ice movement, and any other activity where regular pictures are required over long time periods. As a result of this variety, intervals need to be programmed from seconds to hours or days. Typical applications require pictures every 4-5 minutes during daylight work hours, and result in a 2-3 minute finished time lapse video. Much longer term applications can run for several months, seasons, or even years. Because we program each time lapse for the specific project it will be install on. We are able to insure important work is captured at an interval that best shows it.

Drone Photography

Drones provide a versatile way to capture unique and complete views of project sites. We been providing aerial photos and video since 2008.  Embedded GPS coordinates allow for incredible precision to shoot from the same location repeatedly, or to overlay images onto a map. Flying indoors is now possible in large warehouses, office or retail complexes. Drone footage is fully stabilized without the “fish eye” lens look, in resolutions up to 6k for video! Cascade Camera Works is a full service production company and can create any marketing content you might need. Furthermore, we only deliver high quality content, utilizing the highest quality professional camera systems, with the highest attention to detail.

HOW MUCH DOES A TIME LAPSE COST?

A: Every situation is different and it’s very difficult to apply a general cost or rule to all cases. This is like saying “how much does a car cost?” It varies. Cost depends on your requirements, the duration, your timeline, and how much equipment we need to shoot your time lapse correctly. We have a set fee for installing the camera, and then a weekly fee for how long it will run. We do our absolute best to work within your budget, efficiently, to get you results you can be proud to show off for years to come. Have any questions or want a quote for your specific project? Feel free to contact us!

WE DON’T HAVE POWER AVAILABLE ONSITE, DO YOU USE BATTERIES?

A: Nearly every time lapse we install is outdoors, so we build every housing to use solar charged battery packs. We don’t need external power supplies, and can run for months and months on the power the sun provides every day, rain or shine.

WE DON’T HAVE A LOCATION TO MOUNT THE CAMERA, CAN YOU MAKE ONE?

A: Absolutely. We can affix the time lapse camera to any existing structure, pole, railing. We also have up to 45ft tall guy-wired towers, and a variety of non-penetrating roof mounts. 

CAN WE SEE THE PHOTOS EVERY DAY?

A: If you spec out a requirement to have photos available daily or weekly, we have several options for having the photos uploaded directly to a website or Dropbox folder. We can also simply have the camera record to a memory card or onboard hard drive.

WILL THE CAMERA BE OKAY OUT IN THE RAIN?

A: Yes, all out time lapse housings are totally waterproof and do just fine in the heat or cold. Occasional rain on the lens port may be visible in individual photos, but does not affect the end results.

HOW LONG CAN A TIME LAPSE RUN FOR?

A: Anywhere from a few hours to many months or years. We use very reliable camera bodies, redundant power supplies, and 4x safety factors in calculating solar power needs. Quality housings keep the camera and electronics dry and clean for very long term reliability. Typically the only limiting factor is onboard memory storage, but even that can be avoided by uploading images to the web as they are acquired.

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Photography - Video - Timelapse

Cascade Camera Works

Cascade Camera Works provides photography and video production services to Portland, Vancouver and Seattle metropolitan areas. We also provide camera, drone, and production equipment rentals based out of Vancouver, WA.

Cascade Camera Works

Aerial, time lapse, and camera motion experts