I was lucky enough to live in Paris as a young man and returned there last fall to make this video. My girlfriend and I filmed this from the Eiffel Tower, Tour Montparnasse, Notre Dame and Arc De Triumph. There were lots of long lines for these attractions so we passed the time by kissing in Paris, so I can't complain.

I want to thank my sister for letting me use her camera and stay with her while I made this video.

MUSIC: "Raindrops" by: Cillo

TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Every shot had to be stabilized because I was only using a gorilla grip, except at the Tour Montparnasse who let me use a tripod and 800mm lens. The distortion due to air quality on the long lenses was pretty bad, and I couldn't shoot in 5K RAW to achieve 3 or 4 pictures a second, so I had to shoot in a lower JPEG. Only the opening shot was filmed in RAW and the quality is noticeably different. So, I didn't have very good negatives to begin with and because of the quick interval I had flicker to deal with. So, every shot went through a process of stabilization, deflicker, color treatment and the tilt shift effect which I add last.

This montage was filmed on three nights in April (I was observing on one of the telescopes and would walk outside when things got boring) and four nights during summer 2013. More information (i.e. "What's up with the lasers?" "What gear did you use?") can be viewed at sgphotos.com/portfolio/timelapse/makingmaunakeaheavens/.

More of my timelapse work can be found here and at sgphotos.com/portfolio/timelapse. Please notify me prior to featuring my work.