ABSTRACT
The science, the art, and the interest in time-lapse photography comes from the need to speed-up time processes using imaging. The longer the time between exposures, the more sped up the event will be when the final movie is displayed. When longer times are chosen between exposures, it becomes more difficult to record the event. Events that last for long times create challenges in managing all of the variables that might be present during an event’s life cycle. Since the shutter is open more than it is closed, there is a high probability of capturing some unique images. This technique can turn stormy seas into a magical mist and cars moving in traffic at night into tracers of only red lights. This is also useful for capturing meteor displays, the Aurora Borealis movements, and lightning storms. Time-lapse videos create the compression of time which allows high-speed events to be viewed using an expansion of time.
