How to Build a Time-Lapse Controller to Photograph Growing Plants
This article is about how to make a time-lapse system that controls the lighting conditions and triggers the camera shutter for time-lapse plants.
This Tiny Waterproof Camera Shoots 50,000 Photos on a Single Charge
At first glance, the Photon camera looks a bit like an action camera. However, the tiny camera is better suited to being placed somewhere and left alone.
The Best Tripod Heads for Photos and Videos in 2024
A tripod head is one of the most important pieces of equipment a photographer can own. Most photographers start with cheap, shoddily built tripods with integrated heads, sometimes bought as part of a kit. While they don’t know it, these tripods aren’t worth their weight in plastic, which is a fancy way of saying they’re worthless.
Dreamy Timelapse Puts the Nighttime Streets of Japan Front and Center
The streets and skies of Japan come alive in a new timelapse video titled Dreamlapse Japan 2.
Beautiful Timelapse Shows the Seasonal Journeys of Arctic Icebergs
Amid the cold waters of Ilulissat, Greenland, massive icebergs break off and float, creating the perfect picture of an arctic wonderland.
Filming the Sounds of Nature for Apple TV
“So we love all your cityscape flow motions -- how would you feel about creating them for the natural environment?” 11 episodes later having explored terrains as diverse as the dunes in Namibia, the lush Tambopata rainforest, and the barren Shetland isles, here is what I found out.
Photographic Time Traveler: Stephen Wilkes on His Career and Its Evolution
Stephen Wilkes boasts an illustrious career defined by his superb artistic eye. Speaking at a Spotlight event at Apple’s flagship New York City location, the photographer explains his work and its evolution over time.
Curiosity Captures a Day on Mars
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is putting a cap on 2023 with a pair of new GIFs that show the Martian landscape over 12 hours from sunrise to sunset.
Photographer Spends Five Years Shooting Winter Timelapse Movie
A photographer's beautiful timelapse showing the onset of winter took him five years to shoot.
14 Years of Gamma Radiation in Space
NASA has created an incredible timelapse movie that condenses 14 years of data acquired by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope into six minutes of colorful cosmic rays.
Google Pixel 8 Update Adds Night Sight Timelapse Videos
Google's Pixel 8 smartphone series already features some of the best smartphone cameras available. The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro offers lots of light-gathering abilities, and on the Pro version, a slew of special camera tools provide users with even more control over their phone images. A new software update makes the camera even more versatile with an updated night timelapse feature.
Fascinating 300-Day Timelapse of Pine Cone Growing Into a Pine Tree
A timelapse photographer has documented a pine cone growing into a pine tree over the course of 300 days.
Photographer Captures Timelapse of Sun During Intense Solar Storms
An astrophotographer captured a spectacular timelapse of the Sun at a time of greatly increased solar storm activity.
Amazing Timelapse Made From 3.5M Photos Shot Over the Last Decade
A photographer created a stunning timelapse over the course of eight years shooting over 3.5 million still photos.
How I Made a 10-Day Timelapse Video on an iPhone and Galaxy
I recently made a ten-day timelapse video on two smartphone cameras of my hometown of Manhattan Beach, California, for multiple sunsets, moonrises, flowing clouds, and all sorts of stuff the naked eye rarely gets to see.
Photographer Captures Epic 8K Timelapse of the Ring of Fire Eclipse
A photographer has released a jaw-dropping timelapse video made up of almost 2,000 images of the recent ring of fire solar eclipse showing the celestial event in unprecedented detail.
Photographer Takes 964 Photos of Paris to Create Epic Hyperlapse Video
A photographer took 964 photos of Paris to create a truly epic hyperlapse video of the famous city.
Photographer’s Viral Timelapse Video Shows a Kitten Aging Into a Cat
A photographer's timelapse of a kitten growing into a cat has gone viral on TikTok racking up over 21 million views.
Journey Through the French Alps in This Beautiful 4K Timelapse
Landscape photographer Christian Möhrle has turned the majestic beauty of the French Alps into a breathtaking 4K timelapse video.
Epic Timelapse Filmed Around the World Shows Photographer’s 10 Years of Dedication
A photographer has created an epic showreel of his timelapses filmed all around the world over the course of 10 years.
17 Year Timelapse Shows Mysterious Exoplanet’s Orbit
Northwestern University astrophysicist Jason Wang led a project to create the longest timelapse of an exoplanet ever assembled. The video compresses 17 years of real data of an exoplanet orbiting its star down to just 10 seconds -- and that 17 years was only enough for the planet to travel about 75% of a single 23.6-year orbit.
Incredible Timelapse of Cigarettes Left in Soil for an Entire Year
A photographer left three cigarettes in a mason jar filled with soil for an entire year -- taking a timelapse video to show what happens to them.
Photographer Celebrates Africa’s Cities in Entrancing Timelapse Videos
A photographer has captured a series of stunning timelapse videos of vibrant cities in Africa to contrast the usual imagery seen from the continent.
Photographer Freezes His Camera Overnight For Stunning Timelapse
A photographer froze his camera overnight to capture a stunning timelapse video of the night sky in winter.
Video Creator Makes The ‘World’s First Talking Timelapse’
A video creator has claimed to have made the world's first talking timelapse. Shot over almost a year, the man can be seen speaking a sentence while his hair grows longer
‘Midnight Radiance’ Combines Art and Science With Colorful Crystals
Since its founding in 2016, Beauty of Science has worked alongside artists and scientists to create engaging visual content that inspires interest in science. In 2017, PetaPixel featured the work of Chinese scientific artist Wenting Zhu, who captured mesmerizing chemical reactions on camera. Zhu is back with another stunning project, Midnight Radiance.
This Hyperlapse Tour of Vienna is a Masterclass in the Art of Editing
Award-winning timelapse and hyperlapse creator Kirill Neiezhmakov has created a silky-smooth hyperlapse tour of Vienna, Austria that plays on the popular longstanding joke that there are no kangaroos in Austria.
EarthCam’s New X1 Shoots 4K and Creates 5 Billion Pixel Panoramas
EarthCam, makers of rugged and wireless enclosures for the purposes of outdoor streaming video or timelapse, has announced the X1 system that is capable of capturing 4K video and creating five billion pixel panoramic images.
How to Shoot an Astro Timelapse
Milky Way season is the best time to learn how to plan and shoot an astrophotography timelapse, capturing the majestic galactic core in motion!
Hyperlapse ‘Miniature’ Film Captures the Joy of the Long Beach Grand Prix
After six years of filming with as many cameras, filmmaker Chaz Curry has released "Honey I Shrunk the Long Beach Grand Prix," a "tiny film" that captures the essence of the famous race.