A cikin daukar hoto zamu iya samun kwararru daban-daban, kamar su daukar motsi, daukar hoto na dare, wasan motsa jiki, bata lokaci ... Kowane mai daukar hoto galibi ya kware a ɗayan waɗannan sassan, kodayake ba na musamman ba. Ana amfani da ɗaukar lokaci-lokaci don ganin ci gaban abu a kan lokaci, shin abu ne mai rai (kodayake a hankali) ko kuma abu mara rai wanda dole ne mu motsa.
Waɗannan nau'ikan hotunan koyaushe suna da manufar haɗa su daga baya, don ƙirƙirar bidiyo gabaɗaya yana ba mu sakamako mai ban sha'awa, tunda a al'adance yana nuna mana motsi wadanda suke tafiyar hawainiya a lokacin da suke wucewa a cikin 'yan dakiku kaɗan, kamar hadari na taurari, haihuwar fure, motsin rana ko wata, haɓakar igiyar ruwa ... zuwa ba da wasu misalai.
Biyan adadi da yawa a gaban kyamara, koda kuwa an shirya rufe a cikin tsayayyun lokutan, ba yanayi bane mai dadi, tunda dole ne mu kasance muna sane da kyamara a kowane lokaci idan har wani abu ya gaza a wani lokaci. Amma abin da ke da sauki sosai, shine shiga duk hotunan da muka ɗauka don ƙirƙirar bidiyo gaba ɗaya, wanda ke nuna mana cikin sauri, ko saurin da muka saita, juyin halittar abu ko abubuwa a kan lokaci.
Don yin wannan nau'in bidiyo na ƙarshe, da zarar mun shirya dukkan hotunan, idan ya cancanta (tsarin da zai ɗauki awoyi da yawa saboda yawan hotunan da za a iya gyara su) za mu iya amfani da aikace-aikacen ɗaukar hoto na Lokaci Lapse, aikace-aikace ne mai sauqi, hakan yana bamu damar shiga duk hotunan a cikin fayil a cikin MOV, MP4 ko GIF, idan muna nufin raba sakamakon, ba tare da cikakken bayani ba, ta hanyar hanyoyin sadarwar jama'a. Wannan aikace-aikacen yana da farashi na yau da kullun a cikin Mac App Store na euro 2,29, amma na iyakantaccen lokaci zamu iya zazzage shi kyauta ta hanyar haɗin mai zuwa.