Time Lapse Photography

This week, I am going to post about time lapse photography. This is done by taking many, often several hundred, pictures of a scene and putting them together in post-processing. The result is an amazing short video that compresses several hours into only a few minutes. I especially liked the time lapse videos of the Northern Lights, since I would love to actually go see them in person some day. Here is the link to a great video on the Northern Lights:

http://vimeo.com/21294655

I also found an interesting article explaining to beginners the basics of time lapse photography. It had some helpful tips about how to control flicker, a sharp change of exposure from one frame to another, by shooting in manual mode. It also explained how to control the shutter speed and aperture in order to minimize flicker. The article then gave tips about how to save time in post processing by changing a few camera settings before you shoot, including manually setting the white balance so you don't have to go back through every picture in post processing to make them uniform. Here is a link to the article:

 http://www.lightstalking.com/timelapse

Finally, this next website gave ideas for time lapse photography that go beyond the "traditional" of shooting moving stars or clouds. Creative ideas include shooting moving cars in cities, ice melting, or bike stunts. Check out these pictures! The image of the tree in this blog is one of my favorites from this site:

 http://picpulp.com/time-lapse-photography/