Timelapse sequences have become an integral - and some would say cliched - part of wildlife film making. Timelapses use a very slow frame rate to capture events which happen on a slow timescale - when played back at a standard frame rate the event is speeded up.
This enables us to film processes which in real-time would be boring to watch, but when shown as a timelapse sequence are dynamic, beautiful and exciting. They allow us to view a world that is moving at a different pace to us giving us insight into some of the amazing spectacles which happen without us realising.
A fantastic example of the power of timelapse is by Tom Lowe:
TimeScapes: Rapture from Tom Lowe @ Timescapes on Vimeo.
Another amazing example is taken from BBC's Life series.The work that went into this is phenomenal:
The great thing about timelapses is that you can make them with a DSLR and a £20 remote from ebay. I could write pages and pages about how to create timelapse films but I have been beaten to it, so here's the links to some information about how to make great timelapse sequences.
Timothy Allen, a photographer for the BBC's Human Planet has created this article on timelapse techniques and tips
Tom Lowe's incredibly helpful forum on timescapes.org has a great timelapse FAQ post that everyone should read.
Tyler Ginter has written an extensive checklist for timelapse shooting with tips he picked up when shooting timelapses with Tom Lowe.
If there is something that has not been covered by those three links, then head over to the timescapes.org forum where everyone seems more than happy to help with any tielapse problems you may have.
In a later blog post I will cover motion control during timelapses, a much more complicated can of worms...
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