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.
Sometimes, words simply aren’t enough. We’ve seen some breathtaking timelapse videos. We’ve been wowed at the almost magical capture of light and composition. This one by Chris Pritchard is truly sublime: Pritchard captured the images that make up his film, Skylight, over five and a half years. The oldest images date from June 2011 and the latest from as […]
When I was first attempting timelapses I ran into a wide range of differing opinions on how to undertake the process. It can be very overwhelming trying to capture and process a good timelapse sequence, not to mention how to assemble it into a smooth video. I wish I had found this eBook earlier to save on a […]
On December 12, 2015, astrophotographer Nao Tharp braved the cold and set up his gear in Red Rock Canyon State Park to shoot a 4K timelapse sequence of the Geminid Meteor Shower. During filming, however, he was suddenly surprised to see “a bright spark [that] illuminated the entire rim of eroded sandstone canyon, followed by [an] orange fume […]
Even though 2016 has barely begun, we’ve already got a candidate for this year’s most beautifully horrific video: a tremendously detailed, high-resolution timelapse of a frightening blaze that erupted in a five-star Dubai hotel on New Year’s Eve. The video is well done, but it also portrays such an abjectly horrible image, that we expect you to have some mixed feelings while watching: […]
Our planet is home to a wide variety of breathtaking natural phenomena. From volcanoes to eclipses, they’re all incredibly beautiful and make you pause and just think about the world around you. My personal favorite are the Northern Lights, captured in Richard Gottardo‘s video below: The video pretty much speaks for itself. It’s one of […]
Watch the biggest ship in the world being built in a mere 76 seconds. Constructed in Korea by the Maersk Line, the Triple-E is 400 meters (approximately 1,312 feet) long. Maersk partnered with the Discovery Channel to produce the presentation, which has been compiled from 50,000 photos taken over a period of three months: In […]
If you live near Southern California, you might have seen a blazing flash of light on the night of Saturday, November 7. You would have been forgiven for thinking it was a UFO—in reality, it was a U.S. navy missile test, and it made certain photographers very lucky that night. For instance, this already-beautiful timelapse […]
If you enjoy photography that takes you on a vacation by just looking at it, you’re in for a treat! Photographer Andrew Walker spent the last year and a half photographing various sites in the western half of the United States to obtain these amazing shots. Walker says some of the spots were not easily accessed, […]
Next time a supermoon rolls around, take a moment not to watch the moon, but the photographers swarming in front of it. You’ll see a scene that looks an awful lot like this creative short film, made by nighttime photo specialist Mark Gee: Gee wrote a lengthy article about how to shoot a giant moon, and it’s […]
In the past, we’ve explained how beginners might get started shooting timelapse photography. While time-consuming, the shooting itself isn’t as hard as it seems. In the following video, Ted Forbes shows us his three preferred methods, which involve simple cameras, no sped-up video, and no SLRs: Forbes offers three cameras as solutions: a smartphone, a Mobius Actioncam, and a Sony Rx100 Mark […]
