Timelapses are created by taking a series of still shots and combining them (usually at about 15-24 frames per second) to make a video. The photos can be taken with any camera, and then a simple program (I used MPEG Streamclip) is used to string the photos together. Below are some of my favorite timelapses I took on the day I spent on the Easton Glacier. The videos are a bit wobbly (bad tripod) and amateur, but they are still pretty cool. TImelapse is a great way to add a dynamic aspect to photography that I'd like to explore more in the future*.
*Since joining the team on the Easton Glacier, I've experimented some more with timelapse photography and created a
webpage of my favorite timelapses.
Timelapse 1a: Late afternoon on Mt. Baker (5:56-7:24pm).
Length of video: 16 sec
Real time: 1 h 28 min
Number of frames: 243
Interval between photos: 10 sec (first half of film), 30 sec (second half of film)
Frame speed of video: 15 frames/sec
Timelapse speed: 150x real time (first half of film), 450x real time (second half of film)
I changed the interval between shots because the movement of light in the second half of the film happens slower (in real time) than the movement of clouds in the first half of the film. (The occasional black specks are bugs flying past....)
