Time-lapse photography might seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be a challenge. With the right gear and the right photography advice, you can master it in no time.
Most photographers shoot still photographs to capture precise moments in time. Timelapse photographers take hundreds or thousands of images at fixed intervals to portray the passage of time. The images are played back consecutively to condense hours into minutes or seconds. New Zealander Bevan Percival records surreal timelapse photography sequences in beautiful landscapes. Watch his […]
Timelapse videos are a dime a dozen, but every once in a while we come across one that’s truly well done—even stunning. This timelapse of the beauty of the Western states, made by Portland adventure photographer Leif Smith, might just be one of those: Shot mostly in the western United States and Canada, Smith’s “Vista” timelapse […]
Making a beautiful timelapse sequence involves quite a bit of work. It takes a methodical approach, extensive research, careful calculations, and of course planning. You need the right equipment, too. This video by DigitalRev TV covers some of the essential points to successfully making your first timelapse: Gear There are a lot of cameras out […]
Mark Thorpe has created a step-by-step video tutorial on how to shoot a day-to-night traffic timelapse. Read on for the tutorial, Mark’s top tips for starting out with timelapse photography, and his transition from wildlife to urban jungle: In this tutorial, Mark gets amongst the hustle and bustle of Japan’ s largest city, Yokohama, to […]
We all have that one friend who unpredictably and flawlessly sweeps in through the doorway and steals the show. They may frequently be found photobombing selfies or group photos. There’s one in every group. In the wild, there are these types of characters as well. The unsuspecting timelapse photographers at Greenpeace got a shock when […]
From March 2013 to February 2016, a hobbyist timelapse photographer named Alexander Chin documented Melbourne, Australia’s most iconic locations and landmarks as they appeared in spring, summer, fall, and winter. Chin then combined all of the images together into a dreamy “chronolapse” video called The Four Seasons of Melbourne: Chin shot the images with his Nikon D90 and D610 and purposefully selected symmetrical locations—such as the […]
Timelapses of sunsets are wonderful to watch, but they require an understanding technique and a whole lot of patience. Photographer Cal Thomson explains quite lucidly what it takes to produce a day to night timelapse: Manual Exposure There are two basic ways to capture images for this type of timelapse: manual mode and aperture priority mode. […]
When you change the shutter speed in a timelapse, you can control how people moving in and out of the frame transition. With faster shutter speeds the movements are more jagged; you can make out each individual. With longer shutter speeds, the movements are a lot smoother. In this video Jay P Morgan from The […]
How do you spend your summer vacations? Jesse Attanasio uses his sunny months off focusing on a particular passion: timelapse landscape photography. In his latest video, Exhale, he shows off more than two years’ worth of work in a mere two minutes. Check it out: The film is composed from footage shot during the summers of 2014 […]
If you’re a fan of shooting timelapse and have been wondering how to get stunning videos of the night sky, this tutorial will make everything crystal clear. New Zealand astro-photographer Mark Gee gives a super-detailed explanation of each step, from setup and location scouting to post-processing: Getting great star shots is a lot easier than one […]
