Timelapse, Introduction to Still Photographs in Motion

Photography Tips  •  Time-lapse Photography

The author of this new timelapse guide, a landscape photographer, says “still images are how I capture a moment: a split second of perfect tension. Shooting time-lapse photographs adds a whole new dimension to the stories I’m trying to tell. It’s my moving still.”

Timelapse eBook

The possibilities available to the aspiring photographer today, even on a tight budget, are infinite. This is a remarkable period in history to be creative. Hopefully you’ll get a little kick—of both knowledge and inspiration—from this eBook to challenge you to get out there and shoot.

“When I was first learning photography, I’d come back from these amazing trips but find that, time and time again, the images fell short of communicating the beauty I was seeing as I camped and climbed throughout the mountains of Western Canada.

For a long time, I felt that it wasn’t possible to create an image—still or moving—that could communicate the feeling of grandness or awe my friends and I would experience in the mountains. I’ve always viewed the time lapse as something closer to a still image than the movie world; it is simply a record of time unfolding in front of a well-composed, still frame.”

Some of the Many Topics Covered (45 Pages):

• Demystifying Time-lapse
• Essential Equipment for Time-lapse Photography
• Camera and Lenses
• Tripods and Support
• Essential Extras
• Not-So-Essential Extras
• Computers and Software
• Getting Ready
• Framing, Focus and Exposure Considerations
• Exposure: Manual or Auto?
• Menu Settings
• Setting the Intervalometer
• Flicker

• Exposure Flicker: Cause and Fixes
• Mechanical Flicker: Cause and Fixes
• Post-Production Workflow
• Ingesting Images (Adobe Lightroom)
• Lightroom Editing
• LRTimelapse Deflickering
• Image Sequence to Video File
• Bonus: Advanced Techniques
• Motion Control
• Bulb Ramping
• LRTimelapse Effects Ramping
• Hyperlapse
• Post-Production Moves
• After Effects: De-Birding
• Stabilization
• Case Studies

Pages from Timelapse

“Using a sequence of still images to capture the passing of time is a dramatic, exciting and amazing storytelling tool. As technology evolves, time lapses are becoming more and more accessible. So what’s stopping you? I hope that you’ll find these tips and tricks helpful, and that you are more excited than ever to get out into the world and shoot time lapses.”