Photography, small open-source tools, and notes from Michael Anderson.https://andermic.com/https://andermic.com/journal/2026-10-04-copying-only-whats-new/https://andermic.com/journal/2026-10-04-copying-only-whats-new/Why I wrote a small macOS app to get photos off a camera card, and what "already imported" should mean.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTarticleprojectphotohttps://andermic.com/journal/2026-08-13-building-an-options-trading-system/https://andermic.com/journal/2026-08-13-building-an-options-trading-system/The first post in a series on building an automated options trading platform, from idea to production.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTarticletradingsenexhttps://andermic.com/journal/2025-11-12-northern-lights/https://andermic.com/journal/2025-11-12-northern-lights/Two hours of the aurora over the backyard trees, 1,039 frames long.Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTtimelapsenightvideoaurorahttps://andermic.com/journal/2024-05-19-boundary-waters-milky-way/https://andermic.com/journal/2024-05-19-boundary-waters-milky-way/Seventy-five minutes before dawn under a Boundary Waters sky, compressed into a few seconds of the Milky Way turning over the pines.Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTtimelapsenightvideobwcahttps://andermic.com/journal/2024-04-14-wild-river-stars/https://andermic.com/journal/2024-04-14-wild-river-stars/An overnight sequence from the same campsite, compressed into about twenty seconds.Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTtimelapsenightvideohttps://andermic.com/journal/2024-04-13-light-painting/https://andermic.com/journal/2024-04-13-light-painting/Thirty-second exposures by the campfire, one name per frame, written with a flashlight.Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTphotonightlight-paintinghttps://andermic.com/journal/2023-10-26-yellowstone-night/https://andermic.com/journal/2023-10-26-yellowstone-night/The Milky Way over the pines on a late-October night in Yellowstone.Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTtimelapsenightvideotravelhttps://andermic.com/journal/2013-08-29-ennis-cabin/https://andermic.com/journal/2013-08-29-ennis-cabin/A cabin outside Ennis, Montana, as the light goes from dusk to night.Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMTtimelapsenightvideotravelyellowstonehttps://andermic.com/journal/2013-08-27-yellowstone-stars/https://andermic.com/journal/2013-08-27-yellowstone-stars/Seventy-three 30-second exposures of the Milky Way through the pines on a late-summer Yellowstone trip.Tue, 27 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMTtimelapsenightvideotravelyellowstonehttps://andermic.com/journal/2012-01-12-snow-on-the-porch/https://andermic.com/journal/2012-01-12-snow-on-the-porch/A January morning's snowfall piling up on a planter, 284 frames in twelve seconds.Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMTtimelapsevideowinterhttps://andermic.com/journal/2010-09-05-smoke/https://andermic.com/journal/2010-09-05-smoke/One evening at Erik's cabin, a 100mm macro, an SB-800, and the settings that turned soft blur into crisp smoke.Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMTphototechniqueflasharticle