Youssef Elgarhy Timelapse Photography

What is Timelapse Photography ? * Concept * Types of Timelapse * Uses of Timelapse * How to plan and shoot a Timelapse * Equipment * Post production

 

What is Timelapse Photography

 

Concept

⁃           Timelapse photography is shooting an event over a period of time then playing it back in faster speeds

⁃           What is Frame rates

⁃           More is slow / less is fast

⁃           24 FPS To get the Hollywood cinematic look

⁃           Difference between video and photos timelapse and which is best

 

Types of Timelapse

⁃           Short term

⁃           Long term

⁃           Holy grail

⁃           Hyper lapse

 

Uses of timelapse

⁃           Construction

⁃           Sunrise / sunset

⁃           Traffic (cars / people / Events)

⁃           Weather

⁃           Geography

⁃           Astronomy

⁃           Artistic

 

How to plan and shoot a timelapse

⁃           Event length

⁃           number of images

⁃           Interval

⁃           playback time

 

Equipment

⁃           Cameras used and sensor size

⁃           Tripods

⁃           Sliders

⁃           Triggers

⁃           Always shoot RAW !

 

Post production

⁃           Work flow and data management

⁃           Selection and filtering

⁃           Color correction

⁃           Deflicker

⁃           Rendering video