Tilt-shift Photography, You Can Too

Above - A trial of Tilt-shift Maker on a photo of mine.

When I was studying photography for my BFA, I had never heard of tilt-shift photography. Since then I have come to love the look that one gets with this technique. This term refers to a narrowing of the depth of field in a photo. In layperson terms, this means narrowing the area or range of focus in a photo. In most landscape photos, a camera provides a long range, from the front of the image back, of focus. When you narrow down what's in focus to only a small part of the landscape, you getting the amazing effects in the photos above. This narrow range of focus simulates photos of miniature scenes or models. Using the camera to create these types of images involves two adjustments with a special lens, but this affect can be simulated digitally to images you've already taken. If you have Photoshop to manipulate your photos you can follow a tutorial. If you don't have Photoshop, just visit Tilt-shiftmaker.com, and begin experimenting with your photos. It's wonderfully fun. Tilt-shift away and enjoy!

Digital Wallpaper

Deborah Bowness designs ready-made digital wallpapers that are inventive and can bring about a whole new look for a room. She has been doing this work since 1999, and I haven't seen anything else like it on the market.

Point 4 Photography

Stunning photography from Tony Masso of point 4 photography. More information on where to see this work to come.

Phoebec

Wonderful photography at Etsy.

Slide Light

It's hard to know what to do with your cool old slides in this digital age. Well, here's a great idea, the Slide Light. In three lengths.

Dreamy Fish

From Nancy Rose Design, come these interesting photos of a surreal nature.

My Friend's Flickr

My wonderful friend Evelyn is an artist many times over.

For The Birds

Two new cool prints from Digiwa. Nature at it's purest elements.

Shelfscapes By Ray Eames

For those of you who don't know, Ray Eames was the wife of Charles Eames and the other half of the Eames design team. She was a prolific photographer in addition to a the variety of design work she did. These images are part of a collection called Shelfscapes that she shot. I find them contemplative and beautiful. They are a small part of the 350,000 image collection the Eameses produced which is part of the Library of Congress. It is from this whole collection that images were chosen for the House Of Cards.

The Photography of Dale Smith

If your looking for times past, bygone days of beat poets and be ins, you might be interesting in the photography of Dale Smith. Dale captured this period with some striking images of Ginsberg, Dylan, Crosby and Joplin as well as the events of the counter culture of the mid 60's. Images available at Julie Baker Fine Arts.

Photo Tech Problem

I have lost imagages on many of my post but have no fear. Little by little they are being replaced. It will take me some time to update the entire blog so please be patient. Thanks, Susan.

By the way, this is Sophie. I love her more than words.

Our Small Worlds

For most of us, our individual worlds are pretty small, comprised of family, friends, job and occasional travel. And if we are lucky that's a beautiful thing. The photography of Alex Duret-Lutz put me in mind of that today and I was happy for it. It is also is strikingly gorgeous.

Photographing My House

Today was the day the realtor came, and we signed the contract to list our house. With a BFA and a background in photography, I wanted to photograph the house myself. I'm fairly happy with the results, at least they are better than what I usually see posted with houses for sale. Would you come look at this house?