Between making hilarious viral videos on Vimeo and DIY YouTube tutorials, the younger generation of today has considerably honed video-editing ability, which has spawned the popularization of time-lapse shorts.
To make a time lapse, one keeps the camera fixated on the frame and quickens the lengthy footage that was captured within the frame. The idea is to be able to watch the progression of slow-moving scenery or processes. This means that a tree’s passing of the seasons, the painting of a mural or the light patterns of a city’s skyline over a week’s time could be watched in two minutes. Another way to create a time lapse is to link together successive photos (again, fixated on the same frame) to create an animated flip book-style short. In the past, the pregnancy process and the evolution of a girl’s face over 4 years have been documented in this way.
Since more people have access to cameras and editing technology, the beauty of our world can be appreciated in increasingly succint and powerful ways.
29 Intense Time-Lapse Shorts
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PhotoShop Time-Lapse
Aging Angelina Video
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Time-Lapse Space Photographs
The ‘Star Trail’ Captures by Astronaut Don Pettit
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Time-Lapse Urban Photography
Thomas Birke Hong Kong Photoshoot Captures the City's Vibrancy
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Time-Lapse Winery Photography
The Planeta Vineyard Posts Real-Time Images of its Landscape Online
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Time-Lapse Landscapes
Timescapes, Tom Lowe's Moving Portrait of the American South
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Aging Time-Lapse Videos
The Video of Natalie Features her Growth in Less Than Two Minutes
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Time-Lapsed Metropolitans
Dominic Boudreault Shoots Huge Urban Environments at Night
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Creative Time-Lapse Photography
‘Looking Into the Past' Combines Now & Then
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Time-Lapse Construction Videos
One World Trade Tower Video Shows Rebuilding of the Trade Center
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Time-Lapse Cosmetics
Bradly Brown's Animated Before and After Makeup Transition
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Breathtaking Sky Time-Lapses
The Unseen Sea by Simon Christen Should Not Go Unseen
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Venetian Time-Lapse Films
Venice in a Day by Joerg Niggli Captures the Floating City's Waterways
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Time-Lapse Nuptials
This Precious Graffiti Marriage Proposal Video is Artistically Adorable
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Galactic Time-Lapse Spoofs
The 'Darth Vader Conversation with Twelve Year Old Self' is Hilarious
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Metropolis Time-Lapse Shorts
Toronto Tempo by Ryan Emond Speeds up the City
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Stop Motion Lives
Olympus Uses 60,000 Pictures to Time-Lapse a Life
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Nature Time-Lapse
Starfish Walking
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Time-Lapse Sporting Events
Robert Caplin Captures All Angles of Game 6 of the 2009 World Series
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Time-Lapse Guitar Artwork
Artist Brady Uses Markers to Create a Musical Masterpiece
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Intergalatic Time Lapse Clips
The Earth Time Lapse Video is made with Space Station Photos
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Frigid Frozen Photos
Fusion by Rodrigo Moreira Breaks the Ice to Reveal Memories
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Reflective Time-Lapse Clips
'Le Miroir' by Antoine Tinguely and Laurent Fauchère is Seamless
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Pregnancy Process Videos
9 Month Time-Lapse Journey is Dutifully Documented
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Time-Lapsed Travels
Eric Testroete Takes a 7-Minute Trip to Japan
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Terrible Traffic Time-Lapses
Rob Whitworth Ho Chi Minh City Video Reveals the Chaos of Asia
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Time-Lapsed Wildfires
Dan Blank Documents the California Fires as They Pass By
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Time-Lapse Landmarks
'You've Got to Love London' Video Brings You on an Exciting Tour
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Globetrotting Chronology-Lapse Clips
This Global Time-Lapse Clip by Kien Lam is Breathtaking
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Time-Lapse Travel Clips
The Cameron Michael 'Manhattan Project' Video is Captivating
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