About me

 

Welcome to Richard Bentley films & photography website.

I create timelapse films in anything up to 8K resolution using the latest in camera technology, motion control equipment and software.

I also shoot still photographs, some of which you can find here on my site.

If you’re interested in any of the still images, or timelapse films, or have a project in mind, please get in touch via the contact section of my site.

I am originally from the UK, but am now based full-time in Doha, Qatar.

Some of the images you can see below are from a documentary I pitched, voiced and shot the timelapses for – a look at how we interact with our built environment and how this relationship shifts, influenced by economic, sociological and political change.

Shooting Time Lapse on Brooklyn Bridge

Click the image of me below to see the documentary:

Scouting for a shot Time Square, NYC

Looking out at The Shard, London

Interviewing Sir Terry Farrell, London

That’s the shot! Times Square, NYC

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Understanding Qatari architecture

It was a great feeling being both behind and in front of the camera.

Recording the voice over for the documentary was also great fun, especially seeing the edit progress as we began to replace the ‘scratch’ VO I had laid earlier via iPhone.

 

• Photography
• Time Lapse

My work
photography, time-lapse

All of the time lapse films on my site (or linked to via my site) are copyright protected. Some of the time lapse work is for sale in 4K+ resolution, and in any codec or wrapper. Please get in touch for licensing enquiries at richard@richardbentleyfilms.com thank you!

Time Lapse Videos

Time lapse for me is not just a profession, it is a passion, a way of looking at the world.

I understand  codecs, wrappers, frame rate and raster dimensions, so whether you need 8K, 4K or HD time lapses – I can help.

I try and keep up occasional posts on 500PX, where I recently had an ‘Editor’s Choice’ for a frame from my ‘Atomium’ timelapse.

Time Lapse Films

Rise Desert Rose (Qatar time lapse)

Rise Desert Rose

Atomium Reloaded

Atomium Reloaded

Sometimes I see Faces

Sometimes I see Faces

[DE]ception

[DE]ception

Washington, D.C. 2015

Washington, D.C, Time Lapse 2015

New York & Detroit Time lapse

New York & Detroit Time lapse

Metropolis: A Time Lapse Perspective

Metropolis A Time Lapse Perspective

Qatar Time lapse

Qatar Time lapse

Would you like to learn more about Richard Serra or to gain access to more of the world’s art? Please visit artsy.net

Piano | Forte

London Shard

Atom Lapse

Atom Lapse

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Dubai III Time Lapse

Dubai III Time Lapse

Not any Colour Dubai time lapse

Not any Colour Dubai time lapse

New York Time Lapse

New York Time Lapse

Dubai II Time Lapse

• Type: Video
• Location: Detroit

Dubaii II Time Lapse

Detroit Time Lapse

Detroit Time Lapse

Atlanta Time Lapse

Washington DC

Washington DC

Rise Desert Rose (Qatar time lapse)

Time Lapse

Atomium Reloaded

Time Lapse

Sometimes I see Faces

Time Lapse

[DE]ception

Time Lapse

Washington, D.C. 2015

Time Lapse

New York & Detroit Time lapse

Time Lapse

Metropolis: A Time Lapse Perspective

Time Lapse

Qatar Time lapse

Time Lapse

Piano | Forte

Time Lapse

Atom Lapse

Time Lapse

Dubai III Time Lapse

Time Lapse

Not any Colour Dubai time lapse

Time Lapse

New York Time Lapse

Time Lapse

Dubai II Time Lapse

Time Lapse

Detroit Time Lapse

Time Lapse

Atlanta Time Lapse

Time Lapse

Washington DC

Time Lapse

Photography

Qatar Science and Technology Park

Education City Mosque, Qatar

Sri Lankan fisherman

Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar

Storms in Qatar

Stars and trees

MIA, Qatar with clouds

NASA images blended with portrait shot

Doha’s skyline – a 6 shot vertical panorama.

Doha skyline

Born from Fire

Fallen Star

 

Clouds make a rare appearance in Doha.

Light Painting with discarded plastic and a torch

Light painting with plastic and a torch

Light painting experiment, Richard Serra sculptures, Qatar.

Doha’s Museum of Islamic Art

Umbilical

White Hot

Doha’s skyline

Light painting experiment, Richard Serra sculptures, Qatar.

Doha reflected

Desert Fire

Museum of Islamic Art detail shot

Purple

Entrance to Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

Light painting experiment, Richard Serra sculptures, Qatar.

Coast of Qatar

Light painting experiment, Richard Serra sculptures, Qatar.

Storm brewing Doha

Star ruins, Qatar

Dhow ride, Doha

Light painting experiment, Richard Serra sculptures, Qatar.

The moon and 7, Doha

Tidal pool and Qatar skyline

Interior, MIA

Light painting experiment, Richard Serra sculptures, Qatar.

Doha Skyline

Moonscape

Light painting experiment, Richard Serra sculptures, Qatar.

Shadow of Architecture

Colour Doha

Ruined moon

MIA park

MIA detail

Tornado Tower, Doha

Early rise, Doha

 

Behind The Scenes

Shooting my latest film ‘Rise Desert Rose’

Kessler Second Shooter and Cineslider time lapse shooting

Motion control shot high above Doha, Qatar

Timelapse shooting in 8K above the Pearl in Qatar

Shooting time lapse in Dubai for an international fashion house

Early morning clouds timelapse in Qatar

Getting wet shooting storms in Doha

Preparing for the light painting

Strip light for light painting

Pen and paper concept for the light painting in Zekreet with the Richard Serra sculptures.

Testing prior to light painting

Some Christmas lights for the light painting – simply swing them around at night!

Detroit abandoned factory

On camera for my documentary

Fist of Joe Louis, Detroit

On location in Detroit

Shooting NYC from NJ

Shooting my documentary, Qatar

Shooting NYC from NJ

Editing my film

On camera during documentary shoot

The ‘crew car’ NYC

Time lapsing The Shard

Shooting time lapse on Brooklyn Bridge

Boris Bikes and The Shard

NYC time lapse shoot from documentary

Filming my documentary

NY skyline during documentary shoot

Times Square time lapse

No flash photography please!

Old town in Doha

On location in Doha

Recce north Qatar

A few lenses for the documentary shoot

Desert shoot, Qatar

Hanging our with fellow shooter, Jethro, Qatar

Time to stretch those long legs!

Editing my documentary

Richard Serra recce, Qatar

Grand Mosque, Qatar

Sunset shoot, Qatar

RamperPro

Looking at The Shard…

Always online, even in the desert

Richard Serra sculpture, MIA

On location in NYC

Iwo Jima Memorial time lapse

Interviewing Sir Terry Farrell

It’s dark!

Doha with many filters time lapse

Atom Lapse running in Atomium

Museum of Islamic Art

Washington DC time lapse

Doha iced coffee melt!

Biography

Standing still for 20 minutes in Times Square, NY time lapsing the time lapser!

 

I grew up in Nottingham in the UK and moved to London to go to University, followed by 7 years in Denmark (I am fluent in Danish).

I returned to the UK in the summer of 2000 to work for The BBC, followed by ITV and then spent 7 years working in over 35 countries for over 60 different broadcasters and post production companies as a workflow consultant.

I am completely self taught in the art of time lapse, it is my true passion.

I am currently based out of Doha, Qatar.

Time-lapse is like magic
It’s incredible when you start to process the images!

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Awards

For best editing and colour work

Press

• Not any colour (another Dubai timelapse?)
• Amazing Dubai timelapse
• This Stunning Time-Lapse Makes Dubai Look Genuinely Beautiful
• Spectacular Time-lapse Video of Dubai
• SpliceCommunity.com: Richard Bentley
• [Video] Epic Timelapse Footage of Dubai by Richard Bentley
• Daily Timelapse: Dubai III by Richard Bentley
• Atom-Lapse: A Timelapse of André Waterkeyn’s Iconic Atomium Building
• Unieke time-lapse van het Atomium
• Dubai’s bustle and beauty captured in time-lapse look at city
• Dubai III Time-Lapse – by Richard Bentley
• The dopest Dubai timelapse
• Photography: Atom-Lapse

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