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In time-lapse photography a series of images is taken at regular time intervals
and then played back faster - giving the illusion that time is
passing quickly.
In the past time-lapse photography was done with very expensive film cameras,
but with digital photography it has become much cheaper and easier.
If you have a Canon digital camera, you can create interesting and beautiful time-lapse videos.
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A Classic Time-lapse Example
More Examples
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A beautiful sunset
(10 seconds)
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A rotting watermelon
(14 seconds)
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The award winning film
"Torres del Paine", created using GBTimelapse
(5 minutes 30 seconds)
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Why Time-lapse?
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Be Creative - Make A YouTube Viral Video
Our time-lapse videos have been viewed nearly 8 million times on YouTube and other video sharing sites.
Time-lapse is a popular format
that people enjoy watching. This time-lapse of a snail race was featured on the YouTube home page and
was viewed more than 500,000 times in just a few days.
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Use High Definition
By using a Digital Still camera you aren't limited to the low resolution of a
standard-definition video camera or web camera. Instead of low resolution you
can capture high resolution images and create high-definition video files.
Why use a poor-quality web cam and its 320x240 or 640x480 resolution when you
can put your high-quality digital camera to work and produce high-definition
videos in 1280x720 or 1980x1080 wide-screen format?
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Add Interest
Whether you are creating corporate videos or home movies use time-lapse to film clouds, people, traffic or anything that involves
movement. Add the clips to your productions to make them more interesting.
People enjoy watching time-lapse. The "Reno Balloon Race Video" featured above has been viewed more than 800,000 times on
YouTube and was in YouTube's Top-Ten list.
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Golden Gate Bridge sunset
(26 seconds)
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Experiment
Anything that moves slowly or changes gradually is a candidate for time-lapse. When sped up it can look much more
interesting. If your son or daughter is complaining that they don't have any ideas for a science
project, a time-lapse experiment just might work for them.
If you come up with something interesting, be sure to send us
a copy so that we can display it here on our web site.
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A cat taking a 7-hour nap
(21 seconds)
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Sell your Work
Time-lapse footage is becoming an increasingly popular part of many new
television programs and commercials. You can make some extra money by creating
some high quality clips and selling them through one of the many time-lapse
stock footage web sites.
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Downloadable time-lapse stock
footage in HD, NTSC and PAL.
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