If you choose a place with as much movement as possible – a festival or traffic junction – your time-lapse will appear as an onslaught of activity, conveying a sense of hectic energy. Choose a very slow-moving subject – the sun setting or a seedling growing, for example – and a time-lapse will transform it into one smooth motion.
If you’re shooting with a DSLR, set the focus manually, so that the image won’t auto-focus mid-lapse. Consider your exposure: if you’re doing night-time lapses, you’ll need a low f-stop to let in a lot of light. Interval times depend on your subject; try out the suggested settings below, but you’ll need to experiment to find out what works best for you.
Recommended intervals:
* 1 second intervals: traffic, crowds
* 3 second intervals: clouds, sunsets
* 15–30 second intervals: celestial motion, sun moving across the sky
* 2+ minutes: construction projects, plants growing
If you have an iPhone with iOS 8 or higher, you can shoot time-lapse video in the device’s native camera app. It generally shoots at around 0.5 second intervals, though interval time depends on the length of your recording.
Always use a tripod: time-lapse will make even a hint of camera shake much worse.
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