I know I have done several post's about using the tilt-shift lens but I just thought this was very cool and really shows what you can do with this lens. By tilting the lens it almost gives this image the feel of being a miniature. I think it is such an awesome effect. Even though the boys are smaller in the image it gives the allusion that they are bigger than they are.
This was taken at the wedding I shot last week with Mark Brooke, which we all know that Mark loves the tilt-shift lens. Love to hear some thoughts.
Ok, I am headed out to shoot a wedding but just thought I would blog on this Saturday morning.
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Ok, I just wanted to play with an animated image and I thought this was pretty fun! First time ever creating an animated gif. in photoshop. I know, I am way behind the times!
Jenny says:
The animated gif is cool ! I like it ! It's almost like watching a video but not too long for me to lose patience!
(10.06.09 @ 05:44 PM)
Rob tran says:
That rocks man. Personally, I think it's better than the freaky multiple exposure shots. Too bad u can't print gifs.... Unless.....
(10.06.09 @ 05:59 PM)
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I just wanted to post some images that were worked with TRA Dirty Pictures! I had some fun this afternoon playing with some textures and this is what I cam up with. If you like textures you have to get "Dirty Pictures" because is so easy to use and makes some really cool looks!
Marie Mitoff says:
Thx for sharing these w/family & friends. They are gorgeous beyond words! (Groom's aunt)
(10.06.09 @ 07:15 AM)
simply modern weddings says:
ooh these are really cool. I am diggin that 3rd shot!
(10.06.09 @ 08:25 AM)
Jenny says:
TRA dirty picture texture rocks !! The first photo looks like thirteen from House ! AWESOME ! You need to teach me how you make your couples look so good !
(10.06.09 @ 01:06 PM)
Jeffrey Neal says:
Jenny you are funny! I love 13 from house! I know it is not that hard when your brides look that awesome!
(10.06.09 @ 01:18 PM)
jesse tarnoff says:
Wow, what a great effect. I particularly love the first shot. Great color and great texture.
(10.09.09 @ 02:47 PM)
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A few month ago I had the privilege of shooting in Newport Beach at Mike Colón's workshop. As most of you know by now (it is not a secret) I love film. So when I saw these fields and the model that we were shooting I could not help but shoot a little film. Again, I just love the look that medium format gives. I also love that there is no post processing with film, just send it to the lab and your done.
Brides, if you are wondering, please ask about my film packages. Here are a few images from the day!
Jenny says:
Jeff !! These film images are off the hook ! They are amazing ! It gives a totally different feel to images. LOVE IT ! Your clients should definitely consider your film package. It's one of a kind !
(09.24.09 @ 03:56 PM)
barbara (soon to be dieppa) says:
woah! Those look dreamy!!! That second shot is my fav!
(09.25.09 @ 12:21 AM)
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In the past year tilt shift photography, which primarily was used in photographing architecture and landscapes, has become a regular lens for the wedding photographer. I use this lens a lot in my wedding photography and get a ton of questions on how and why I use this lens. I thought it would be appropriate to do a blog post explaining and answering all the questions.
First for a little geek talk. With a normal lens the image plane, lens plane and object plane are all parallel, so all in focus objects are the same distance from the camera or sensor or whatever you want to capture your image on. The tilt-shift lens has two main functions. The tilt which is the rotation if the lens plane relative to the image plane. The shift which is the movement of the lens plane parallel to the image plane. Tilting the lens changes the orientation of the plane of focus which determines the part of the image that will be sharp. Shift is used to change the line of sight while avoiding converging lines, like when shooting tall buildings that you don't want to looked warped. To those who really want to geek out take a look at the Scheimpflug Principle.
It is basically this, by tilting the lens you can create a wedge shaped DOF and isolate your subject by being the only thing in the image that is in focus. I am not going to deal much with the shift function because I never use it when photographing couples. I only use the tilt function.
I primarily use this lens to isolate my subject by what is in focus in the image. There are times when you are in a location and the location is nothing to see so I will tilt the lens and make the only visible in focus part of the image the subjects that I am shooting. There are also times when there are really cool lines in the surrounding but would look better a little more abstract and there I will also tilt the lens. All in all I think it is only appropriate to do if you are using this lens to further draw the eye into the subject of the photo. To just tilt for the sake of tilting makes a horrible photo. Also because the lens can rotate on the body of the camera you can make the DOF or POF horizontal and vertical. This lens is a manual focus lens so it can be a bit tricky at first. I totally recommend getting it and playing with it and finding ways to add a cool look to your images. It is also a very cool thing to use while your subjects is moving but you must get the manual focus thing down pretty good for that.
I am going to give a few examples of how I use this lens to give you an idea of how cool it can be.
SaraKByrne says:
Excellent work! My 45mm ts-e came in the mail yesterday :)
I rented one a few weeks ago, they are so much fun!
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This is one of my favorite shots, like this of yours, ever! for soem reason its so much more clean and lovely! LOVE IT!
(10.11.09 @ 08:58 AM)