How to use the mobile phone to take pictures in time delay?

Time-lapse photography, also known as time-lapse photography, is a shooting technique that compresses time. It takes a group of photos or videos, compresses the process of minutes, hours or even days and years into a short time, and plays it out in the form of video. Time-lapse photography is usually used to shoot urban scenery, natural scenery, astronomical phenomena, urban life, architectural manufacturing, biological evolution and other topics.

How to shoot time-lapse photography with mobile phone

Nowadays, mobile phones basically have the function of time-lapse photography. Just fix the phone on the tripod (or fix it in other ways), select the time-lapse photography function and shoot directly. The effect is as follows

However, the time-lapse photography function of the mobile phone is relatively simple. If you want to shoot more professional effects, you can download third-party software to achieve it. Such as lapse it and procm5(IOS). In professional software, parameters such as frame number and interval time can be carefully adjusted according to shooting requirements.

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Shooting essentials

1, a good tripod is essential for the absolute stability of the mobile phone.

2. The mobile phone battery should be sufficient. If the shooting time is too long, it is recommended to bind a mobile power supply to the tripod to charge the mobile phone at any time.

3. The storage space must be large enough. Time-lapse photography needs to take a lot of photos, so you must reserve enough storage space in your mobile phone.

4. Don't set the timer lock screen on the mobile phone, otherwise the screen will be locked when it is half shot, and the process of unlocking will also increase the picture jitter.

5. Use the headphone cable to control the shutter.

If you use the volume key of the headphone cable instead of the shutter to control shooting, the picture will be more stable. This function of some mobile phones needs to be adjusted in the settings in advance. Of course, you can also use the Bluetooth shutter or timer shutter on your mobile phone. In short, try not to directly press the virtual shutter on the mobile phone with your finger, so as not to shake the picture.

6. Switch to flight mode

It is very important that the mobile phone must be set to flight mode. Can avoid the interference of telephone, SMS, WeChat, etc. During the filming.

7. Don't make trouble for too long. It is suggested to take a few shots every 5- 10 second, and then edit and synthesize them by later software. I recommend VUE for the later software, and the operation is relatively simple.

8. Calculate the shooting time so as to have an overall plan. The formula is as follows

Shooting time = (interval time+shutter speed) x frame rate (frames per second) x final image duration (seconds)

For example, if I want to get a 10 second film with a frame rate of 25 and an interval of 4 seconds, then I need to take 250 photos in the early stage, which takes 1000 seconds, which takes about 17 minutes.

Post-analog delay photography

You can also make a still photo take a time-lapse photography effect through post-software