| You have probably seen examples of time-lapse | | | | to product the time-lapse movie. |
| photography in action without realising. Have you ever | | | | Time Lapse photography is usually carried out with a |
| seen a sports stadium fill in a matter of seconds, on | | | | high resolution (better than HD) quality camera. The |
| what looks like a video on fast-forward? Or clouds | | | | camera is usually connected to a PC or laptop that |
| moving extremely fast during the course of a few | | | | helps monitor and store the images. Again, depending |
| minutes of video? These are examples of Time | | | | on the environment the camera will usually take a |
| Lapse Video. | | | | picture every 3 or 5 minutes. |
| Putting it simply, Time-lapse photography is a series of | | | | This also depends on the length of time that you will |
| photographs taken over a period of time. The period | | | | be taking the pictures for. If you are taking the pictures |
| of time is usually defined by an event, such as a | | | | over the period of a day then you will take them more |
| sunrise, the construction of a building or product or an | | | | frequently, and for a larger project you might reduce |
| event or concert. | | | | the number of images taken. Of course, if you miss an |
| When you watch a time-lapse video it is a series of | | | | event you have missed it for good, so perhaps it's |
| still images that have been edited together to give the | | | | best to keep the clicks happening as often as possible |
| perception of a fast moving video. The images are put | | | | so you can make best use of the images in the edit at |
| together in such a way that certain ‘gaps' appear | | | | the end. |
| to make events look like they are happening faster | | | | Once the photography period has ended the images |
| than they did in real life. The timing and number of | | | | need to be edited together. This is usually done using |
| these ‘gaps' usually depends on the environment | | | | specialist video editing software. You can then overlay |
| that you are shooting. Time-lapse photography is that | | | | the video if required, or simply supply it raw on DVD or |
| process of taking the pictures that can then be edited | | | | Flash for the web. |