Tilt Shift

I love tilt shift photography. It's amazing. Mind-numbing beautiful and utterly unreal.

Do I know understand it? Yes, I do. I can explain it to you, to anyone, and you'd believe me. The problem? I don't get why or how it works.

Yes, I know it's altering the focal plane of the camera/lens by vertically, horizontally, and diagonally shifting the glass pieces, but what about doing that makes the footage look so damn strangely beautiful!?

I've looked into purchasing lenses for my still photo camera, and apparently there are a bunch that will fit/are compatible to my pentax. The issue is, they cost anywhere from $500-3,000. Money that I unfortunately do not have in my wallet, pocket, or bank at the moment.

Shucks.

Welp, I'm sure I've lost a few of you or probably got everyone wondering what is this wonderful tilt-shift look like if I keep "oodling and oddling" over it. Sorry if I'm drooling too - this is a damn exciting technique, and I've been known to drool is extreme moments of euphoria.

If you've seen "The Social Network" you'll know what I'm talking about, more specifically if you can remember the crew race scene.

To put it bluntly, it makes everything look like its a miniature set. Everything looks like toys.

Here is the racing scene from "The Social Network."





Isn't David Fincher just damn amazing? I sure think so!

And another example, which I think better portrays the look of everything as miniatures, enjoy the following video.



Maybe you all don't appreciate it as much as I do.

But, I swear, the moment I have the opportunity to use tilt-shift in a video? I will.

Look out Foo Fighters...