To demonstrate that you don't need to travel far to get creative, we challenged two time-lapse photographers to shoot something beautiful from within the boundaries of their home.
TIME-LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY
To make sure the whole scene doesn't move around, only the parts of it that are meant to change, set your camera on a tripod.
Make sure you start shooting your time-lapse with a fully-charged battery, especially if you're taking a large number of shots over an extended period of time.
If you're making a time-lapse of an object indoors, artificial light can help ensure consistent lighting over the duration of the shoot.
Set your EOS camera to Movie mode.
Select Time-lapse movie mode.
For complete control over your time-lapse video, select Custom – you can then choose the length of interval between each shot, and the total number of shots to be taken.
To capture faster action, select a short interval between shots. To capture slower events, such as a sunset, select a longer interval time.
The number of shots in your time-lapse, combined with the frame-rate of your video, will determine how long the time-lapse sequence will play for. A greater number of shots will naturally take longer to capture and will also result in a longer sequence on playback.
You can optionally set your camera to beep after every shot, making it easier for you to know when the capture sequence is finished.
To make sure the camera doesn't automatically alter exposure, white balance or other settings in response to small changes in the conditions over the course of the shoot, set as many of the shooting parameters as possible manually.