Produced 2011 by Uncage the Soul Productions Ben Canales, John Waller, Steve Engman, Blake Johnson http://www.uncagethesoul.com To plan your adventure to Oregon, visit Travel Oregon at http://www.traveloregon.com/outdoors Finding Oregon is the compilation of six months of timelapse photography across the state of Oregon, punctuated by a 1600 mile road trip in September. We've filmed the Columbia River Gorge, Mt Hood, Mt Jefferson, the Southwestern Coast, the Alvord Desert, Leslie Gulch, Blue Mountains, Crater Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness, Deschutes River, and more. We're proud to have touched all four corners of the state; however Oregon is the kind of place that the more you see, the more places there are to still discover. The greatest challenge with this project was being in the right place at the right time. Night timelapse sequences particularly have an unexpected number of requirements to get the bright, stunning payoff. First, the moon should be around the New Moon phase (no moon) so as not to compete with outshining the stars, so that means we get about 5 days a month window. Next, weather must be cooperative with a dependable expectancy of cloudless skies. Here in Oregon, only the Summer months have good chance of clear skies, so only 1/4 of the year offers good chance of clear skies. So that means, we have three months in the year, with a 5 day window each month to plan with fingers crossed for epic star shooting conditions. That's only 15 days in a year. Then, you hope that something doesn't come up in regular life to pull you away to other obligations on those few days. It is a maddening challenge getting all the factors to line up to be in the right place at the right time. But, when it does happen- it is such a satisfying feeling! Behind the scenes video and photos will be posted at http://www.facebook.com/UncagetheSoulProductions Many thanks to those who supported us in this project including... Music by Michael Nelson Rizzo http://www.epicsoul.com Pro Photo Supply...still and video camera and audio equipment support http://www.prophotosupply.com Columbia Sportswear http://www.columbia.com Dynamic Perception http://www.dynamicperception.com Bill Price Captain of the Starship On Ecosalon http://ecosalon.com/exclusive-video-oregon-nature-timelapse-434/ On OPB http://ecotrope.opb.org/2011/11/video-you-can-still-see-the-stars-in-oregon/ On Treehugger http://www.treehugger.com/travel/gorgeous-time-lapse-video-of-oregons-starry-night-sky.html On Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/29/oregon-in-stunning-time-lapse_n_1119329.html On KATU http://www.katu.com/living/outdoors/Capturing-Oregons-beauty-one-frame-at-a-time-134775568.html On REI http://findout.rei.com/blog_detail/?contentid=6464935742904532667 On Yahoo http://shine.yahoo.com/green/stunning-timelapse-video-oregon-181600226.html On Reuters http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/11/30/time-lapse-images-reveal-oregon-in-all-i?videoId=226022806&videoChannel;=300 On NewSchoolofPhotography http://newschoolofphotography.com/content/1301-finding-oregon.html On KGW http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/Finding-Oregon-Time-lapse-photography-134772623.html On Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/30/time-lapse-finding-oregon/ On The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/video/archive/2011/12/finding-oregon/249312/ On PhotoWeeklyOnline http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/finding-oregon-timelapse-video/ On Scientific American http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/culturing-science/2011/12/02/breathtaking-time-lapse-video-makes-me-question-copernicus/ On the Daily Beast http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/12/mental-health-break-2.html On Discovery Channel http://dsc.discovery.com/adventure/spectacular-time-lapse-finding-oregon.html On Kurier http://video.kurier.at/portal/#!-Finding-Oregon----Ein-Trip-durch-Oregon-im-Zeitra-462255