Tilt-Shift Photography on the Cheap

I’ve been a fan of tilt-shift photography for a while. Typically the effect is achieved through optics; specialized (and expensive) lenses make an image look like miniature models. The effect can be stunning, particularly with aerial photographs, coastal shots, and urban landscapes. Take a look at Smashing Magazine’s post on tilt-shift photography for some great examples. Keith Loutit is even creating eerie tilt-shift videos.

Unless I win the lotto I doubt I’ll ever buy a tilt-shift lens, so I was pretty pumped to find TiltShiftMaker.com, a free site that takes your uploaded photographs and turns them into tilt-shift images.

While its not the real thing, the effect is pretty neat. I made a few test images (click each for larger views):

2 Responses to “Tilt-Shift Photography on the Cheap”

1. Ben T. Says:
   January 13th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

   Very cool, P.

2. Barack Obama Says:
   February 19th, 2009 at 2:07 am

   Hey very nice blog!! Man .. Beautiful .. Amazing .. I will bookmark your blog and take the feeds also…

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