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A video shot at Maeve's 4th Birthday Party in London Maeve's 4th Birthday Princess Party from Darren Ruane Photography on Vimeo.


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A selection of timelapses shot around Kew Gardens, London in June 2013. Music is Kool and the gang: "Summer Madness" © Kool & the Gang, Mickens, Taylor. On De-Lite Kew Gardens Timelapse from Darren Ruane Photography on Vimeo.


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A selection of timelapses shot around Little Venice, In the Paddington area of London in June 2013. Music is Fat Freddy's Drop: "Cay's Crays" © Dallas Tamaira,Chris Faiumu, Toby Laing, Tehimana Kerr, Iain Gordon, Joe Lindsay, Warren Maxwell. On lables: The Drop (New Zealand) & Kartel Creative (UK). Little Venice Timelapse from Darren Ruane Photography on Vimeo.


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A selection of timelapses shot around the Docklands & North Greenwich in May 2013. Shots include: Canary Wharf business district, Surrey Quays, Greenland Dock, The O2 Arena, The Emirates Air Line (Cable Car), The Thames Barrier, Greenwich Peninsula. Music is Autechre: "444" © Rob Brown / Sean Booth on Warp Docklands & Greenwich Peninsula Timelapse from Darren Ruane Photography on Vimeo.


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A selection of timelapses shot around Trafalgar Square on Saturday the 25th of May. On the day of Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich Champions League 2013 Final at Wembley Music is Canonball Adderly: "Why Am I Treated So Bad" © Roebuck Staples on Capitol Trafalgar Square Timelapse from Darren Ruane Photography on Vimeo.


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Surrey Quays, London Surrey Quays is a largely residential area of Rotherhithe in south-east London, occupied until 1970 by the Surrey Commercial Docks. The Docks are called Surrey Docks because until 1900 the borders of Surrey and Kent met in this area. After the closure of the docks, the area remained derelict for over a decade, with much of the warehousing demolished and over 90% of the docks filled in. The only surviving areas of open water were Greenland Dock, South Dock, part of Canada Dock (renamed Canada Water), remnants of Norway Dock, and a basin renamed Surrey Water. In 1981, Margaret...


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Venice Beach, California, USA Venice is a beach front neighbourhood on the West side of Los Angeles. It is known for its canals, beaches and Ocean Front Walk, a 2.5 mile pedestrian only promenade that features performers, fortune-tellers, artists, and vendors. Venice was home to some of Los Angeles' early beat poets and artists and has served as an important cultural centre of the city. Originally called "Venice of America," it was founded by tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a beach resort town. Back then it was 14 miles west of LA. He and his partner Francis Ryan had bought...


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Wadi Musa, Petra, Jordan The name Wadi Musa means Valley of Moses in Arabic. It was reported that prophet Moses passed through the valley and struck water from the rock for his followers at the site of (Ain Musa) Moses water Spring (Moses's Well). The Nabateans built channels that carried water from this spring to the city of Petra. Wadi Musa was also nicknamed the Guardian of Petra. Aaron, the brother of Moses, was buried in the nearby Mount Hor.


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Ad Deir (The Monastery) Petra, Jordan Ad Deir (The Monastery) is a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. Built by the Nabataeans in the 1st century and measuring 50 metres wide by approximately 45 meters high.  Architecturally the Monastery is an example of the Nabataean classical style. It is the second most visited building in Petra after Al Khazneh (The Treasury). It was dedicated to Obodas I and is believed to be the symposium of Obodas the god. This information is inscribed on the ruins of the Monastery. The building was probably later consecrated as...


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  Karak Crusader Castle, Jordan In 1132 King Fulk, the Crusader king of Jerusalem, made Pagan the Butler Lord of Montreal and Oultrejourdain (the lands east of the River Jordan and the Dead Sea). Pagan made his headquarters at al-Karak were he built a castle on a hill called by the crusaders Petra Deserti - The Stone of the Desert. His castle, much modified, dominates the town to this day. The castle was only in Crusader hands for 46 years. It had been threatened by Saladin's armies several times but finally, surrendered in 1188, after a siege that lasted more than a year. Saladin's...


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Timelapse photography shot around the London Eye on Saturday the 4th May 2013. Music is Lamb: Five © Andy Barlow / Lou Rhodes on Mercury   London Eye Timelapse from Darren Ruane Photography on Vimeo.


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My first foray into timelapse photography. Shot in Hampstead Heath on the 20th April 2013. Music is Aphex Twin: Heliosphan © Richard D James on apollo   Hamstead Heath Timelapse from Darren Ruane Photography on Vimeo.


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