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Photograph by Ken Murphy

SLOW DOWN TO SPEED UP

image A smart, cheap setup for shooting long-duration time-lapse movies.

By Ken Murphy

We’ve all seen time-lapse movies that seem to speed up the world around us. The effect is very compelling, making processes that normally occur at a rate too slow to perceive unfold before our eyes, such as the blooming of a flower.

I’m working on a time-lapse movie that captures the dynamics of weather and clouds, and the patterns of sunrise and sunset for an entire year. I need a setup to capture a large number of images. ...

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