SkillShare – Filming & photography: Learn to timelapse, straight from beginner to pro level 2026
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Course overview
Learn how to timelapse, a clever photography technique used to create powerful film and video footage, which can then be used on YouTube, Instagram, and Tiktok, or in films, documentaries and TV productions.
This course is specifically designed to take you straight from beginner level to achieving professional-standard timelapsing results in one go.
Who this class is for
This class will suit filmmakers and photographers looking to add new techniques to their skillset and reach a professional standard with their work.
Why you should take this class
The trial and error method of learning timelapsing can be painful. When a single timelapse can take ages to plan, even longer to get the right conditions, and sometimes hours to shoot, it is devastating to find that you did not get the results you were hoping for.
This course contains the timelapse learnings from my 10 years of experience as a photographer and filmmaker, which you can learn in little over an hour. Skip past the frustration and heartache, straight to the point where you can achieve professional-standard results every time.
What you will learn
In Part One of the course, we’ll explore the basics of timelapsing and learn to set up a shot:
• An explanation of what timelapsing is and how it works
• How to set up a timelapse shot
• How to set your focus for a timelapse and what to consider
• The different components that govern your exposure
• Setting your exposure to get the effect you want
• How to set your intervals
• Advice & warnings: Things to avoid or consider when timelapsing
In Part Two, we’ll explore techniques and considerations that will take your timelapses from beginner to professional standard:
• How to set your composition for a timelapse
• Adding a point of reference to your composition
• What long exposures are, and how to include them in a timelapse
• The research and planning needed to create a great timelapse
• We’ll consider details specific to certain subject matter, including clouds, crowds, stars, traffic and water
• Which camera modes to use to manage changing light levels
• Options to add movement into your timelapse
In Part Three, we’ll go through editing basics and build on the techniques from part two, using Davinci Resolve 20:
• How to compile an image sequence
• Useful editing tools to use for timelapses
• What I do in the Colour grading tab
• Ways to match up your colour grade if the exposure changed during shooting
• How to use automation to get a pro-standard output
• How to adapt your settings and automation to export for social media
• Adding sound to your timelapses
Materials/Resources
To take this course, you do not need anything other than perhaps a notepad and pen!
In order to go out and shoot timelapses as described in this course, and to participate in the class project, you will need a standard photography set-up: a mirrorless or DSLR camera and lens, a tripod, and an intervalometer (if your camera doesn’t have this function built in).
For the editing section of the course, I use Davinci Resolve 20 (Studio – paid version). If you do not have Resolve, you can download the free version (some features may appear differently to the paid version, or may be restricted).
Let’s connect
I have just created new social media accounts for my filmmaking:
YouTube: @angusmawbyfilm
TikTok: @angusmawbyfilm
Instagram: @angusmawbyfilm
See you there 🙂
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