“Port de Saint-Tropez Minature #1″ ©jonathan jones
Here is a little history and definition about tilt-shift via Wikipedia:
Tilt–shift photography is 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 post-processing; the name may derive from the tilt–shift lens normally required when the effect is produced optically.
“Tilt–shift” encompasses two different types of movements: rotation of the lens plane 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 theScheimpflug principle. Shift is used to adjust the position of the subject in the image area without moving the camera back; this is often helpful in avoiding the convergence of parallel lines, as when photographing tall buildings.{……..}
Movements have been available on view cameras since the early days of photography; they have been available on smaller-format cameras since the early 1960s, usually by means of special lenses or adapters. Nikon introduced a lens providing shift movements for their 35 mm SLR cameras in 1962,[1] and Canon introduced a lens that provided both tilt and shift movements in 1973;[2] many other manufacturers soon followed suit. Canon currently offers four lenses that provide both movements while Nikon offers three.[3] Such lenses are frequently used in architectural photography to control perspective, and in landscape photography to get an entire scene sharp.
Some photographers have popularized the use of tilt for selective focus in applications such as portrait photography. The selective focus that can be achieved by tilting the plane of focus is often compelling because the effect is different from that to which many viewers have become accustomed. Walter Iooss Jr. of Sports Illustrated, Vincent Laforet, Ben Thomas, and many other photographers have images using this technique on their web sites.{………..}
Selective focus via tilt is often used to simulate a miniature scene,[12][13][14] such that “tilt–shift” came to be used as a general term for any miniature faking technique.[15]
Basic digital postprocessing techniques can give results similar to those achieved with tilt, and afford greater flexibility, such as choosing the region that is sharp and the amount of blur for the unsharp regions. Moreover, these choices can be made after the photograph is taken. One advanced technique,Smallgantics, is used for motion-pictures; it was first seen in the 2006 Thom Yorke music video Harrowdown Hill, directed by Chel White. Artist Olivo Barbieri is well known for his miniature-faking stills in the 1990s.
Minature Faking via Wikipedia:
In a typical scene, objects close to the camera are at the bottom of the image, and objects far from the camera are at the top. This is less true if the image includes significant height as well as depth; a tall object near the camera can extend the height of the entire image.
Only one plane can be in precise focus. Objects not in the plane of focus are blurred; the blurring increases with distance from the plane of focus. But blurring less than a certain amount is imperceptible under normal viewing conditions; objects for which blurring is imperceptible are within the depth of field (DoF).[1]
DoF decreases as magnification increases;[2] in a close-up photograph of a miniature scene, the DoF is limited, and it often is impossible to have everything appear sharp even at the lens’s smallest aperture. Consequently, the foreground and background are often blurred, with the blur increasing with distance above or below the center of the image. In a photograph of a full-size scene, the DoF is considerably greater; in some cases, it is difficult to have much of the scene outside the DoF, even at the lens’s maximum aperture. Thus a difference in DoF is one characteristic by which a photograph of a full-size scene is readily distinguished from one of a miniature model.
In typical photographs, there are no optical cues that specify the distance to objects (how far they are from the observation point)[3] and so distance has to be inferred from the size of familiar objects in the scene.[4] DoF blurring is a visual cue to distance.[5][6] In a diorama illusion, the introduction of the blur cue appears to override this familiar information causing objects to appear miniature and toy-like.
“Port de Saint-Tropez Minature #2″ ©jonathanjones
A couple of day a go I was in the south of France near Saint-tropez on the “Côte d’azur” well-known for Nice, Cannes, Monaco, Saint-Tropez and other towns.And my friends and I went for the day in saint-tropez. When we came to the port I thought I would try the tilt-shift effect that the fuji X20 has. And found out it work quite nicely. And that the shoots came out like I imagine. It really gave this miniature effect I thought it would give. So I did a series of shoots of the Port of Saint-Tropez that are in this article. I also find out that To give you the best result it’s better to take the photos from a hight to give this really miniature effect , like if you were looking down on it. And to Zoom the lens also helps.
“Port de Saint-Tropez Minature #3″ ©jonathanjones
So After this try in St-Tropez it give me an idea like with my panorama. I’m going to do a project on Paris. I’ll do a set of 10 to 20 photos on paris with the tilt-shift effect to show Paris in miniature. I’ll put the most known monuments of course , but I’ll also try to but it street-life photos of place that tourist don’t normally go and see. I’m going to give my view of Paris trough this project. It will take me some time to shoot the best part of paris. Since that to have a great rendering on the miniature effect with the saturated colors it’s better to have some sun. And for the moment we still waiting for it in Paris. But I’m sure that in 1 to 2 moths this will be done. And the result will be great.
If any of you readers have any part of Paris you would like to see in my project please leave a comment below, or tweet me. And I’ll try to take your suggestions in account for the project. So stay tune to see the result of this project. I’m a street photographer, so I’ll try to put as much as street-life miniature as I can.But I’m open to ideas.
“Port de Saint-Tropez Minature #4″ ©jonathanjones
“Port de Saint-Tropez Minature #5″ ©jonathanjones
. But for this X20 it is not bad.
