Introducing myself to Time Lapse

After deciding that Time Lapse would be the most effective and practical way for me to capture the time passing in the library, whilst also leaving me with all of the individual images, which would make editing within photoshop and flash a whole lot easier than if I captured time passing in movie form.

I felt that it was essential to look into the technicalities of using time lapse and seek some professional advice via between in the Media department and also experts online. I came across a fantastic website called "Digital Photography School" and located the page titled 'An Introduction to Time-Lapse Photography'. This seemed to clearly be the place to start and gain some knowledge into how I would go about and capture my footage.


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This video immediately struck me on the website and consequently cemented my new found love for Time lapse photography and inspired me to go out and start filming. I just had to firstly find out how...

I created myself a step by step guideline to follow whilst on shoot that would ensure I captured the time lapse to the best way and quality possible:

1. Choosing the right camera- D1000.
2. Search for built in interval setting. Set the camera to take 9 photos every 10. This would ensure I reached my total of between 100-1200 images.
3. Ensure camera is in solely Manual setting, with no auto white balance etc.
4. Set the image size to as small as possible as it will help ease the load onto the computer and into Flash.
5. Ensure the tripod is level, framed well and in a solid and protected position.
6. Have something to occupy me, as its a long two hours doing nothing.
7. Ready to go....