TIME LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY

This weeks topic is time lapse photography. Time lapse photography is were a series of pictures are taken over X amount of time them played back at a faster speed. Thus, making the pictures seem like a movie. Here's an example.


vimeo.com



That is a great example of what a time lapse video will look like. All you need to do this is a steady tripod, your DSLR and A LOT of time! That's the bare essentials. What you do is put you camera on a tripod point it to what ever you want to have you time lapse of and start taking pictures. 


Now, that's not the ideal way to take a time lapse. The best thing to get is a Timer remote. What it is, is a remote that lets you set the time intervals you want the camera to take and press start and the remote will trigger the shutter according to the time intervals you set. 


I was looking online for a timer romote for my 7D, and I found one for around $200. For me, that was too much money, I'm saving for other Film equipment. So, I looked around for cheaper alternatives. I found a few timer remotes that say they do the same thing. My issue was they were $150 cheaper. So, I decided that could be risky. 


After looking online for a while I realized that my Canon 7D came with software where I could operate my camera through my computer. The software is called ESO Utility. So after searching around the program I found Timer Shooting. SWEET! I just saved $200! This will take the photos for you! So There you have it!


This is it for now. This is more of an introduction into time lapse photography. In the future I'll go more in depth in how to make the video. )Im still learning how to myself.) So till then, Thanks for Reading!

Enjoy,

Zack