1Choosing a Subject

There are only ever two real reasons for anything we do: to learn or to have fun. If you can have fun learning or learn from the fun things you do then that’s even better. Everything we choose to do, I believe fits one or both of these categories. Think about it for a moment: you’re reading this book because you want to learn about time-lapse photography; you want to create time-lapse movies because, for you, it’s fun. And I’ve written this book in such a way that (hopefully) you get enjoyment learning from it. So what makes a good time-lapse subject is anything that teaches us about the world in which we live or enables us to have fun at its expense.

What Makes a Good Time-Lapse Subject?

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