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Tilt-shift photography is a creative and unique type of photography in which the camera is manipulated so that a life-sized location or subject looks like a miniature-scale model. Below we present 50 beautiful examples of tilt-shift photography. All examples are linked to their sources. 

To add good miniature effect to your photographs, shoot subjects from a high angle (especially from the air). It creates the illusion of looking down at a miniature model. A camera equipped with a tilt-shift lens, which simulates a shallow depth of field, is essentially all you need to start. Shall we?

50 Amazing Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography

Tilt-Shift Videos

Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Time-Lapse video of Tamarama Beach, Sydney. 

Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Tilt-shift effect (test 2) from Julien Vignali on Vimeo.

Multnomah Falls in Miniature from Andrew Curtis on Vimeo.
Time-Lapse video at Multnomah Falls.

Monde liliputien (illusion d’optique) Uploaded by kronsilds

You can find further videos in a Metafilter round-up of tiltshift videos.

How To Make Fake Miniature Tilt-Shift Photos?

To add good miniature effect to your photographs, shoot subjects from a high angle (especially from the air). It creates the illusion of looking down at a miniature model. A camera equipped with a tilt-shift lens, which simulates a shallow depth of field, is essentially all you need to start.

Resources:

• Do-It-Yourself Tutorial: Tilt-Shift Lens
  Create a tilt-shift lens yourself if you can’t afford to buy one.
• Focusing the Tilt-Shift Lens
• Using Tilt-Shift Lenses to Control Depth of Field
• Using Tilt-Shift Lenses to Control Perspective
• Why does tiltshift photography make things look tiny?
• Tilt/Shift Photography Links

And if you don’t have specialized equipment, you can make use of Adobe Photoshop or any other image-editing software. Manipulate the focus in such a way that it gives the image the effect of having been shot with a macro lens. Secondly, increase the saturation and contrast in a way that the color looks like bright paint on a miniature model.

Resources:

• Tilt-Shift Photography Photoshop Tutorial
  This tutorial shows you how to make photos of real life-sized subjects look like photos of miniature models.
• Tilt-Shift Photoshop Tutorial
• Photoshop Tilt-Shift
• Fake Model Photography
  With a very little effort, you can take existing photographs of everyday scenes and make it look like they’re actually of miniature models.

Sources and Resources

Here you’ll find links to further articles and related Area for further articles and related resources:

• 10 Tiny Tokyo Photos
• Flickr Pool: Tilt-shift miniature fakes
  Consists of tilt-shift photos created using Adobe Photoshop.
• Flickr Pool: Tilt-Shift HDR

About the author:

Vailancio Rodrigues maintains a blog of his own, Technology Tips, which provides reviews, tips and tricks for various gadgets.