How to shoot time-lapse photography and how to set the camera?

Basic settings of the time-delay camera (including three scenes: day, night and the moment when light and shade meet);

1, shooting during the day

Basically, you can set the exposure mode in the aperture priority mode, automatically select the white balance, and reduce the ISO value as much as possible. The most important thing is to slow down the shutter speed as much as possible. If you shoot with a high-speed shutter of11000 seconds or 1/2000 seconds, you will get a condensed instantaneous picture.

However, it is suggested to slow down the shutter speed as much as possible, for example, with a speed below 1/50 seconds, which will be more convenient and smooth in the later stage.

Step 2 shoot at night

I suggest you shoot in manual mode (M mode). In the white balance section, if there is light, you can use automatic white balance. If there is no light (such as mountains), it is suggested to adjust the color temperature and white balance to about 3300K, so that the picture will look blue and pleasing to the eye.

If you use automatic white balance in a dark environment, the picture may appear brown or yellow tone. Before shooting, use a higher ISO (such as ISO800), aperture F5.6 and shutter speed of 30 seconds to Shoot, and observe the details of the scene and environment (such as whether the composition is stable, whether there are unnecessary objects such as telephone poles in the picture, etc.).

Basically, the exposure time should not exceed 30 seconds, because with the interval time, it may take more than 40 seconds to take a photo alone, and the connection of images in post-production may not be smooth, because the time difference is too big.

For example, the flow of clouds will be incoherent and intermittent. If the exposure time is controlled within 30 seconds, the continuity of the scene will be ideal.

3. Light and dark moments

For shooting from day to night, you can choose the aperture priority mode, first use a small aperture, and then gradually increase the aperture (for example, from F22, F 18, F 16 to F5.6, F4), so that the shutter speed can be as close as possible during shooting during day and night.

If the gap is too large (for example,1/60s during the day and 30s at night), it is easy to play the picture slowly during the day, but at night it will become similar to accelerated play, and the overall look is very uncoordinated.

In addition, you can try to fix the aperture and shutter speed, so that ISO can be automatically raised, which can keep the balance between aperture and shutter speed, but the disadvantage is that high sensitivity leads to poor image quality.

Extended data:

Equipment for time-lapse photography

Main equipment: camera, tripod.

Auxiliary equipment: timing pay-off, delay tracking, lens filter, equatorial plane, etc.

Shooting machine: Time-lapse photography is actually a necessary way of photography, so all photographic equipment that can take photos or videos can take time-lapse photography. Generally, in order to achieve better image effects, time-lapse photography is mainly based on SLR cameras.

Timing cable release: When shooting time-lapse photography with a SLR camera, it is necessary to take a series of photos at equal intervals, and it is impossible to completely press the shutter by hand. Many cameras have no interval shooting function and need an external timer.

Delay track: A photographic track equipped with a stepping motor and shutter controller. Through precise electronic and mechanical control, the camera moves a certain distance on the track every time it takes a photo, so as to achieve the purpose of moving shooting. Time-delay tracking is a professional time-delay shooting equipment.

Tripod: Time-lapse photography needs a stable shooting platform, and any shaking will lead to shaking and shaking of the video images behind. The tripod can ensure the stability of the shooting picture. For a wide range of displacement delay, tripod is essential.

Lens filter: there are three main types: one is ND mirror, which is used to filter light and reduce the amount of light entering the lens; The second is a dichroic mirror, which is used to adjust the color of the subject; The other is the canopy mirror, which is used to adjust the spot shape.

Equatorial instrument: professional time-lapse photography accessories, used to shoot stars. When shooting the starry sky, you can shoot the effect of the sky turning.

Matters needing attention in time-lapse photography:

Stability is overwhelming. Be sure to fix the camera firmly on a solid tripod to avoid the camera shaking due to wind and other reasons, which will lead to shooting failure.

Avoid unnecessary sundries from entering the screen. If shooting on the road, in order to prevent pedestrians from entering the picture, the camera must be placed away from the sidewalk.

Prepare enough spare batteries and memory cards. Time-lapse shooting usually takes several hours or even dozens of hours, so you must prepare enough accessories according to the length of the required material. If conditions permit, it is best to turn on the alternating current to shoot.

Pay attention to the protection of machines. Because it takes a long time, in order to protect the safety of the camera and avoid the damage caused by natural and human factors, we must pay attention to taking good care of the camera when shooting in time delay, and avoid exposure and low temperature.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-time delay photography