![]() Tilt-shift may be considered a trend by some right now, but the fact is it’s a type of photography thats been around pretty much since the beginning of photography itself. At times it also grabs the viewers attention as being unexplainably different. ![]() When using it with portraits it helps create almost three dimensional images helping your subject pop out of the photo. More recently photographers have been using it with great success for interesting portrait photography, and tilt-shift photography is gaining in popularity. You typically see tilt-shift photography for things like food photography and architectural photography where it is necessary to precisely control the plane of focus (so that a whole plate of food is in focus) or correct converging lines (so that buildings appear geometrically correct). Lenses are made for 35mm dSLR and film cameras (Canon and Nikon) as well as medium format cameras. Tilt Shift photography involves taking photos with a type of specialty lens which allows you to control your plane of focus. When we first bought a tilt-shift lens we found it to be so overwhelming it barely came out of our camera bag for the first year! Once we spent some time learning how to properly use it, and what to look for when shooting with it, it became a staple lens of ours! It will sink in eventually, and once it does you’ll have that “Aha!” moment, and you’ll be on your way to creating thoughtful and intelligent tilt shift images. Read it through a few times, study the photos, and just give yourself some time to think about it. ![]() This article may seem very overwhelming at first, but if you’re interested in getting into tilt shift photography we encourage you to stick it out! We’re going to try to make this series as easy to follow as possible, while still discussing the technical stuff. If you haven’t shot with a tilt shift lens before, trying to wrap your mind around these concepts can be somewhat difficult. Note: Tilt shift photography is quite complicated.
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