Michael Paradise

My skillset extends beyond motion design

My skillset extends from motion design to videography, capturing outdoor adventures, weddings, corporate events, retreats, and advertising campaigns. Based in Summit County and available throughout Colorado, I bring experience in filming, editing, and animation to turn real moments into compelling stories.

Timelapse photography is a passion

As well as doing videography a subset that I specialize in is timelapse and night-lapse photography. I believe this adds a great amount of production value to any video and I have also had a passion of showing the passage of time from showing a busy street of people walking or stars floating across the sky.

Camera settings

These are a collection of timelapses captured over years. You can look at the collection below to see each sequence alongside the camera settings, location, and technical decisions behind the shot.

Dick's Peak

South Lake Tahoe

Big Wood Lake

Jackman Maine

Montezuma

Summit County Colorado

Florida Everglades

Everglades National Park, Florida

Acadia

Acadia National Park, Maine

RouteBurn Track

Fiordland, New Zealand

Delicate Arch

Arches National Park, Utah

Clear Lake

San Juans, Colorado

North Carolina River

North Carolina

→ → → more timelapses this way → → →

Gear I've worked with

  • Sony cameras
  • Canon cameras
  • Nikon cameras
  • Panasonic cameras
  • A variety of audio and lighting equipment

Why timelapse?

Every time I do one of these I stop and realize that we are all just living on this spinning ball floating uncontrollably through space. It is both terrifying and beautiful at the same time.
SpaceX rocket launch light trail over the ocean at night

The Florida Space coast

Keep Exploring

New places bring new landscapes, changing light, and another reason to set up the camera.

AMERICAN WEST — 2019
Timelapse / Photography / Film