time-lapse photography

American  

noun

1. the photographing on motion-picture film of a slow and continuous process, as the growth of a plant, at regular intervals, especially by exposing a single frame at a time, for projection at a higher speed.

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time-lapse photography British  

noun

1. the technique of recording a very slow process, such as the withering of a flower, by taking a large number of photographs on a strip of film at regular intervals. The film is then projected at normal speed

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time-lapse photography

Times photo editor Kelvin Kuo and I were there to document the spectacle, powering up GoPro cameras and setting our plan to record the transformation with time-lapse photography.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

The best way to see them, should they appear, will be using time-lapse photography or long-exposure photos.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2022

Gauff’s development since she reached Wimbledon’s fourth round in 2019 has been like time-lapse photography of a seedling sprouting a stalk, bud and petals.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2021

By talking on camera for hours every day, he has made it possible to reconstruct, through a kind of time-lapse photography, how he develops, embellishes, and markets his lies.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2020

His jacket hung on his chair back; his napkin uncrumpled slowly beside his plate, blooming like something out of a time-lapse photography sequence.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen