Optimize camera capture at front door and make the automation less winded

@palengh wrote:

I have a motion detector and a camera at the front door.

Main target:
Take a series of pictures, maybe more that only 6 to make sure I capture what was trigging the motion detector, and to be able to go back to watch the photos at a later time. I would appreciate some input on how I would review them effectively too

Here are two issues here:

1. Simplify the action code - maybe do a loop (for… ?), or something completely different.
2. Capture pictures faster than per 1 second?
3. How would I review the captured photos effectively?

My action: which is triggered by a motion detector at the front door.

- alias: Motion at frontdoor
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.pir_inngangsparti_sensor
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
  action:
    - service: notify.adults
      data:
        title: Hoveddør
        message: Hvem er utenfor døra?
        data:
          attachment:
            content-type: jpeg
          push:
            category: camera
          entity_id: camera.ringeapparat_camera
    - service: camera.snapshot
      data:
        entity_id: camera.ringeapparat_camera
        filename: '/config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_1.jpg'
    - delay: 00:00:01
    - service: camera.snapshot
      data:
        entity_id: camera.ringeapparat_camera
        filename: '/config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_2.jpg'
    - delay: 00:00:01
    - service: camera.snapshot
      data:
        entity_id: camera.ringeapparat_camera
        filename: '/config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_3.jpg'
    - delay: 00:00:01
    - service: camera.snapshot
      data:
        entity_id: camera.ringeapparat_camera
        filename: '/config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_4.jpg'
    - delay: 00:00:01
    - service: camera.snapshot
      data:
        entity_id: camera.ringeapparat_camera
        filename: '/config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_5.jpg'
    - delay: 00:00:01
    - service: camera.snapshot
      data:
        entity_id: camera.ringeapparat_camera
        filename: '/config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_6.jpg'
    - service: notify.email   # send email to Pål and Eva
      data:
        title: 'Bevegelse ved hoveddør'
        message: 'Bilder fra de 12 første sekundene'
        data:
          images:
            - /config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_1.jpg
            - /config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_2.jpg
            - /config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_3.jpg
            - /config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_4.jpg
            - /config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_5.jpg
            - /config/www/camera_snapshots/frontdoor/frontdoor_6.jpg

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