You can shoot over long time periods without worrying about water damage due to a sudden rainstorm. Because it comes with a waterproof housing, the camera can be set up underwater, in the rain, or in other wet locations. I found the GoPro Hero 3+ easy to use to capture a series of images for time lapse. In the tutorial, I show how to set up the camera, shoot, and then edit (with the free GoPro Studio application for Mac or PC) a time lapse film (select HD version in settings and full-screen for best viewing if you cannot see the player window, here is the direct link to the video): In this post, I provide a tutorial for those of you who have (or wish to) the popular action camera, GoPro Hero (I recommend watching their marketing trailer–it’s great). You may have seen a couple of my tutorials on creating time-lapse movies using still images taken with a camera and with Lapse It, an app for smartphones.
