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Jan 17, 2015
Emily McCallum
Emily grew up in a small coastal town in western Canada and moved to Utrecht in 2014, after completing her studies in Vancouver and Germany. So far, she has been loving life as an expat--learning Dutch, meeting new people, and seeing the historical sites.Read more

Jonas Hofmann of Moments in Motion Videography found a unique way to chronicle his three-day visit to Amsterdam – capturing not only the appearance, but also the atmosphere and flow of the city.

In “hyperlapse” photography, the position of the camera is constantly changed between exposures, resulting in a time-lapse tracking or rotating shot.

The video below uses this technique to let you feel the vibrant, bustling pace of life in Amsterdam against the stateliness of its grand architecture and magnificent skies.

By Emily McCallum