Time Lapse: Photography in Motion

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Time lapse is photography in motion. Time lapsing [Wikipedia] is a cinematography technique whereby each film frame is captured at a rate much slower than it will be played back. Essential equipments required for time lapsing are camera, tripod, sufficient size of memory and batteries, also movie editing softwares such as Adobe After Effect or Flash for producing the movie. Camera used captures a sequence of images which can consist of ten to thousands of shots with an interval of time between each image. The interval can be from less than a second to a day or even years. When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and lapsing — thus, the motion.

Here are the very best of time lapse wonders. Enjoy!

Dan Heller | Location: Kings Canyon

Sam Javanrouh | Location: Toronto

Heather Powazek Champ | Location: Flickr Headquarters

Hi-Def San Francisco | Location: San Francisco

Chad Roscoe | Location: Melbourne

Ollie Larkin | Location: Plymouth and Dartmoor

Time Lapse Digital | Location: Hong Kong

James Leng | Location: Delft

Duncan Rawlinson | Location: His apartment

Per Erik | Location: Norway

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Also check out Their Circular Life to see a sample of how time lapse photography and web design integrate.

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