Photography is a powerful and affordable way to document all kinds of environmental issues. We'll be collecting different techniques and tips here -- stay tuned and pitch in where you can! We'll be starting with a focus on #timelapse photography:

## Why

Timelapse is a visual form that:

* is relatively cheap to collect
* produces easier-to-read data: photos
* can give good visual context to a problem, compared to (or paired with) sensor data
* situates the data in a timeline

## Timelapse Activities 

Timelapse photography is a way to automatically trigger a camera on an interval -- for example, every minute, or every hour. 

Here are some posted activities related to timelapse; we're still seeking a clear guide to setting up and using a #trail-cam to do timelapses, so please reach out if you're able to help document this!

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### Frequently Asked Questions

We're collecting and working our way through a wide array of questions about timelapse photography -- if you can contribute your own questions, or answer others', please do!

<a class="btn btn-primary" href="/post?tags=timelapse,question:timelapse&template=question">Ask a question about timelapse photography</a>

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### Frac sand photographic monitoring

There's some good resources [posted on this page](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-action-oriented-resources#Photographic+Monitoring) which are specific to water monitoring or monitoring of frac sand sites -- check it out, and we're working to open some of these ideas up into questions and activities soon. 


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## Updates



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