How to delay shooting with a mobile phone

Next, I will tell you in detail how to take time-lapse photography with my mobile phone.

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Shooting software and equipment

First of all, mobile phone time-lapse photography must be tripod! Ensure the stability of the mobile phone, because time-lapse photography takes a long time to fix the mobile phone shooting.

▲ Take time-lapse photography with a tripod.

The camera of the mobile phone has a time-lapse photography mode, which can be found in the shooting interface. However, the self-contained time-lapse photography mode is a fool's shooting, and the interval time, the most important parameter in time-lapse photography, cannot be adjusted. The interval of self-contained time-lapse photography mode is fixed at 1 second, and the video effect is not shocking enough, so software is needed.

Apple's mobile phone suggests using procam, and the time-lapse photography mode of this software can adjust the interval; Android phone recommendation software-time-lapse photography, time-lapse photography professional software.

▲procam (Apple mobile phone software)

▲ Time-lapse photography (Android phone software)

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Adjust the interval

Time-lapse photography is to take a frame every once in a while in the form of interval photography, and take a long picture into just a few seconds. Therefore, the interval time is the most important parameter in time-lapse photography.

Before shooting, we need to set the interval shooting time. In the software settings, we can set the photo interval setting options:

▲procam

There are interval settings in the video settings.

▲ time-lapse photography

There are intervals at the bottom of the shooting interface.

According to different subjects, it is necessary to set different time intervals to shoot more dynamic pictures. Usually the interval is about 5- 15 seconds, and some slow scenes can be set for tens of minutes.

For example, the following time-lapse pictures are all set at different intervals:

▲ People come and go, with an interval of 5 seconds.

▲ Light and shadow change, interval time 10 second.

▲ Sunrise with an interval of 15 second.

▲ The clock rotates at intervals of 15 second.

▲ Large-scale mobile time-lapse photography with an interval of 20 seconds.

▲ The Temple of Heaven is delayed in a large area, with an interval of 15 seconds.

▲ Lily flowering interval 15 minutes.

According to different shooting scenes, it is necessary to set different intervals, which can follow such a rule: if the picture itself changes rapidly, the interval can be set shorter, such as car driving; If the picture itself changes slowly, you need to set the interval longer, such as flowers.

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Post-editing

Time-lapse photography is a video clip, and it is a video without any sound. We need to edit and synthesize the video through the later software to get a relatively complete video work.

There are several video editing apps recommended by everyone on the mobile phone: Vue, Impression, Bridge Shadow and Flash. These softwares are practical, easy to edit and easy to use.

Editing the video later requires cutting the video.