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What Is Tilt-Shift Photography?

Wikipedia “Tilt-shift photography” refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras, and sometimes specifically refers to the use of tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniature scene. Sometimes the term is used when the shallow depth of field is simulated with digital postprocessing; the name may derive from the tilt-shift lens normally required when the effect is produced optically.

Tilt shift photography

What is Tilt shift photography

Tilt-shift photography refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras; it usually requires the use of special lenses.

"Tilt-shift" actually encompasses two different types of movements: rotation of the lens relative to the image plane, called tilt, and movement of the lens parallel to the image plane, called shift. Tilt is used to control the orientation of the plane of focus (PoF), and hence the part of an image that appears sharp; it makes use of the Scheimpflug principle. Shift is used to change the line of sight while avoiding the convergence of parallel lines, as when photographing tall buildings.

In many cases, "tilt-shift photography" refers to the use of tilt and a large aperture to achieve a very shallow depth of field. Know More

Top Los Angeles wedding photographer Donald Norris explains the use of tilt shift photography for selective depth of field control

Photography: Using a tilt shift lens

Master photographer Tony Sweet demonstrates how to use a tilt shif lens on a river bed to get razor sharp focus from top of the frame to the bottom.

Some Tilt shift photography Examples

These Pics look like a miniatures, with tiny toy figures on a scaled-down , but it is actually a photograph of real people and buildings taking using a tilt-shift lens.

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