Take A Time Lapse Photo Of Your Kids

What? You say take a time lapse photo of your kids? Am I nuts?

No, not really. Remember, our goal here is to get creative – its just like cooking. When you make a meal stick a little something in as a surprise and get creative, and photography is no different.

After all, you spent a few bucks on a nice compact digital camera – like the Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS I suggested earlier, and its time to learn how to use it. And, we do that by getting creative.

Now, if you have ever been fascinated by a time-lapse movie of a flower opening, you might want to try the same thing with one of your children. It’s not difficult to do, though it would be a lot easier if the camera supported time-lapse operations to begin with. For example, the Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS camera has a fireworks setting, which keeps the shutter open longer and could be used for a short time-lapse photograph.

If your camera doesn’t have a time-lapse function, no problem, you can still accomplish the goal. It will be a bit more work, but you can do it with a series of photographs. Specifically, you will have to turn the camera on, take the shot, and then turn the camera off. Then wait an appropriate time period, turn the camera back on, take the shot, turn the camera off.

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Now, it may be that the time interval is short, and in that case you won’t need to turn the camera on and off so much. You may need to experiment to find the right time interval, but with a digital camera that’s not difficult to do because it doesn’t cost anything, and you can see the results right away.

What would you photograph in time-lapse, you ask? How about you take a time lapse photo of your kids getting up in the morning on a weekend? You know the drill, they don’t want to get up, they get up in stages, and you can get some really great shots.

Have Some Creative Fun. . .

Put the series on your computer and make a movie accompanied with some music, and you can create a really interesting event to share with family and friends. PCs and Macs alike have some movie making programs that come with the computer, so it won’t cost a dime.

Then, upload your movie to the internet, and share, share, share!

Remember, keep taking lots and lots of photographs of your kids. You will be glad you did!

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Betty A. Muscott is an experienced child photographer and online entrepreneur for tools to capture great photographs of children by parents and grandparents. Connect with Betty on Google+

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