Timelapse

[jmyoung1]

Just got into timelapse photography. Heres a link to my first vid if anyone has any pointers for me it would be greatly appreciated. Also please subscribe to my channel, tons of ideas in the works.

 

[shefjr]

It looks like you have the basics down. Now I would suggest that you find some sort of subject with which to place in your time lapse. Good luck!:thumbup:

 

[jmyoung1]

Thanks for the advice, heres another one that I just finished.

 

[NancyMoranG]

Would like to try this. Can you give me directions, in newb language? I have Nikon 7000
about what time frames did you use,then how do you get itto play like a movie!?
thanks, Nancy

 

[jmyoung1]

 

[northernlightblog]

Hi Nancy,

I have been shooting timelapses for quite some time already, and there are some issues you have to think of:
First, the speed at which you want to accelerate reality. Think of your shots as photograms of a video. A normal frame-rate is 20-30, that means that each second will show 20 pictures. If you take a picture every 5 minutes, each second of your lapse will equal 100 minutes in reality. Depending on what you want to shoot, you will need to use different shooting times and exposure times.
I would highly recommend you to use a tripod, so every picture has been taken with the same framing. If you plan for moving timelapses, then think of each frame before shooting, or maybe buy (or build yourself) a timelapse dolly.
Once you have taken the pictures, you can mount them with a lot of programs: for mac, I would suggest using the "Time Lapse assembler": easy to use and quick. In windows, the movie maker program itself is a good option (you will need to calculate how many seconds each frame will be, that is, if you are planning for 20frames per second, you have to put a duration of 0.05 seconds per frame).
I have a post in my blog that explains those issues (mainly focused on northern lights, but the technique is interchangeable)
Good luck!

 

[NancyMoranG]

Thank you for that info. Will look into the link you provided and give it a try.
Nancy

 

[paross2]

Northern light,

Thanks for the tips. I just downloaded time lapse assembler. I had been dumping stills into Premiere and assigning them 1/30th of a second times, but that crap was taking a long time!!!