Video: Incredible time lapse photography of Los Angeles at night

Colin Rich spent 6 months gath­er­ing footage to cre­ate this video and had to avoid secu­rity offi­cers and police quite often in the process. He even had to dodge infrared cam­eras to cap­ture the shots from behind the Hol­ly­wood sign which is a 2 mile hike up at night.   He says, “Time lapse pho­tog­ra­phy is def­i­nitely a labor of love and a study in patience.”

In this video:

  • 0:34,  A view of LA from behind the infa­mous HOLLYWOOD sign.
  • 1:31,  The planes land­ing at LAX
  • 1:34,  Santa Mon­ica Pier Fer­ris Wheel (built at a cost of 1.5 mil­lion dollars)
  • 2:04,  The marine layer com­ing in, a com­mon fea­ture of LA.
  • 2:17,  “The Queens Neck­lace” is the col­lo­quial term for the curve of the coast­line between Santa Mon­ica and Palos Verdes.

What is this build­ing that can be seen at 1:27 ?

Do you rec­og­nize where some of the views could be taken from?  If so, do share some tid­bits! And thanks for watching!