“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 post processing; the name may derive from the tilt-shift lens normally required when the effect is produced optically.
For those who don’t know what is “Tilt-shift” in terms of Photography then, “Tilt-shift” actually 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 the Scheimpflug principle. Shift is used to change the line of sight while avoiding the convergence of parallel lines, as when photographing tall buildings.
Via: instantshift.com
Most of this is not actually tilt shift photography. It’s normal photographs that have been blurred in photoshop. Real tilt shift photography uses a tilt shift lens… Objects on a vertical plane from the camera will be in focus, while objects further away (on a horizontal plane, or z-axis from the camera)will be out of focus. Most of these are irritating fake tilt shift photographs that make no physical sense as far as the principals of photography are concerned. Rant over.
Thanks for including one of my photos (the easyjet airplane one) in your collection, but maybe next time you include some copyright details or links to the original artist?
Also miniature faking or “simulated tilt-shift effect” is a more accurate term, but Si, it is just easier to call it tilt-shift effect. Rant over.
We apologize for that, we put the link, thank you!