I wrote an article about making people disappear using some Photoshop magic. But a major part of the story was why you would need to do this. A time-lapse video screams out the reason. I’ll share the video here and how it was made using the same images from the
A time-lapse is a fun way to record those Thanksgiving memories beyond the usual images. Murphy’s Law has a special addendum just for photographers: “Anything interesting that can happen will happen — as soon as you put your camera down.” It’s the fear of this that keeps us clicking away
Video can tell a story very different from the one that is a still frame. When you put a whole bunch of still frames together, a time-lapse is born. Capture I set the camera up in a vertical orientation to capture more stars and a taller Milky Way. I originally
Time-lapse photography is usually quite easy. Set up a tripod, mount the camera then turn it on. Once the project is finished, turn the camera off, then download the card. But there are times that a tripod can’t be used. When a tripod can’t be used This one wasn’t as
Frame rates are the number of pictures shown per second in a video. Understanding them starts with choosing which rate will be the “normal” one. Sound movies set the frame rate standards Silent films had vastly different frame rates. Those cameras were cranked by hand and some camera operators were
I had almost 100 photos of the starry sky. I had taken these in succession while waiting for the Milky Way to appear. I wanted to turn this into a short time-lapse video. But there was one issue — the previous old time-lapse software I had used stopped working. After
Many night photographers who photograph the Milky Way will take a blue hour photo of the foreground. We do this so we may blend this image with a Milky Way photo later. But while waiting for the Milky Way to appear, we can still create videos and images with minimal
Making time-lapse videos is fun. They exaggerate the passing of time and reveal a whole different view of the world. I carry my Platypod Ultra everywhere so I’m always ready to set my camera to time-lapse mode and record traffic or clouds or airport work or a wildfire. And making
Time-lapses are a great, creative way to bring life to your still photographs. There are different approaches for taking time-lapses. Which one works best for you? In this ThinkTAP Learn video, instructors Richard Harrington and Ron Risman discuss things to consider when determining a shooting approach when you shoot time-lapses.
With summer upon us, now’s the perfect time to hone in some of your outdoor photography skills. Viewbug has an amazing community of photographers, and allows you to compete in photo challenges, communicate in the forum and stay engaged with other photographers and their work. In addition, there are also
Photofocus features a series on multi-shot photography excerpted from Rocky Nook’s “The Enthusiast’s Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques” by Alan Hess If you decide to create a time-lapse movie yourself — either because your camera can’t do it automatically or because you want to have all the individual image files for some
Photofocus features a series on multi-shot photography excerpted from Rocky Nook’s “The Enthusiast’s Guide to Multi-Shot Techniques” by Alan Hess Camera settings for time-lapse photography As with any other type of photography, before you shoot images for a time-lapse, you need to determine which exposure, focus, and file type settings to
