Windy City Nights II is all about my continuing passion for shooting night timelapse photography in a city I truly appreciate for its inspiring views and beauty.  This project is a continuation of my first Chicago Timelapse movie and I have been shooting for the past 18 months in my spare time in this amazing city to try and capture what your eyes do not see normally.  There is something special about looking down on streets of gold and taking in the view.    

Windy City Nights II is also about making new connections with Chicagoans and meeting new people who have assisted me throughout my journey.  I truly appreciate all the new connections I have made who helped make this movie possible.  My journey has been interesting with lots of rewards and filled with challenges.  Chicago is not an easy city to get around with a few hundred pounds of gear and hauling it up to rooftops and other tight spaces where it sits in awkward places for long periods of time.  After spending hours and days setting up shots and developing them, it's nice to see a pretty image come to life in the form of a timelapse.  It really makes me appreciate this city and all it’s uniqueness it offers.  It’s not an easy process as any timelapse photographer will tell you; however, it’s very rewarding in the end.  I continue to learn and am always being inspired by a rich photography community Chicago has to offer.

The gear I used to make this project are Canon 5D Mark III’s and Canon 1DX’s camera bodies as well as numerous Canon L and Cine Lenses.  Motion control gear I used was the Kessler Second Shooter paired with the CineSlider and the DitoGear OmniSliders.  Software used to process my timelapse sequences were LRTimelapse, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects. 

For more information about my work or to inquire about licensing please contact me via my website at www.chicagotimelapse.org
For information about video production work, you can contact my team here:
www.threadedfilms.com

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Music in this project is from the very talented Tony Anderson http://www.tonyandersonmusic.com and was licensed via the Music Bed.

Chicago Timelapse Project, Windy City Nights II

I've never been to Chicago, and my lifelong [dislike for wind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mTLO2F_ERY) has, admittedly, quashed any desire to travel to said windy city. But after watching photographer [Max Wilson](http://chicagotimelapse.org)'s new timelapse about the Midwestern metropolis, my mind's changing like the breeze. Wilson captures the stunning vistas, toy-like shots of boats, and vibrant fireworks displays in [_Windy City Nights II_](https://vimeo.com/126726117) from the rooftops of friendly Chicagoans' apartment buildings, so a viewing of the short is practically like couchsurfing the city's best sights, all in the span of five minutes. Whip-fast footage from trains and serene shots down by the river make it feel like you're actually living in the big city&#x2014;minus, of course, the deep dish.

The video is the sequel to Wilson's immensely popular _[Windy City Nights](https://vimeo.com/76293321) _timelapse. The newest edition features more footage of the city, different music, and according to the video's description, is about capturing, "what your eyes do not see normally." Watch it in full, above.

Check out more of Max Wilson's work on his  [_Chicago Timelapse_ website](http://chicagotimelapse.org).

_[Breathtaking Timelapse Of Los Angeles Will Give You Chills](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/breathtaking-timelapse-of-los-angeles-will-make-you-believe-in-a-higher-power)_

_[How One Filmmaker Engineered A New Take On The Timelapse](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/how-one-filmmaker-engineered-a-new-take-on-the-timelapse)_

_[Forget 4K, Lose Yourself in a Stunning 10K Timelapse of Brazil](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/10k-timelapse-of-brazil)_

_[What's The Difference Between A Timelapse And Hyperlapse?](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/whats-the-difference-between-a-timelapse-and-hyperlapse)_

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