60+ Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography With Tutorials And More

Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by Shawn Ramsey in Inspiration

Tilt-shift photography takes advantage of two aspects of movement: rotation of the lens relative to the image plane (tilt), and movement of the lens parallel to the image plane (shift). Often times, special lenses are used with the camera to achieve the effect.

A popular application for tilt-shift photography is tilt-shift miniature faking. This is when the angle of a tilt-shift lens is manipulated in an effort to distort the depth of field of the image. By doing this, a scene may appear smaller than it truly is, and look as though it was fake or a miniature model of the scene.

Photoshop users have their own way to create “tilt-shift” without the expensive lenses. By playing with mask layers and lens blur (or gaussian blur), this same effect can be created allowing for more control of the blurred and sharp areas. Check out the tutorials below the showcase for more info on doing this yourself.

I now present my compilation of 60+ Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography With Tutorials And More to help inspire you to create your own.

Tilt-Shift Photography

New York City – Tilt-Shift

by: AlexEdg

Tilt Shift Chicago

by: so-radio-active

Ankara Fake Tilt-Shift

by: cheyrek

Tilt-Shift

by: Jhongjhu Port

Brooklyn Bridge Tilt Shifted

by: Narfmaster

Vatican Stairs

by: Toshio

Tilt Shift VII – Lausanne

by: b4silio

Tilt Train

by: Theia Photography

Eifel Tilt-Shift 2

by: ArnarBi

Messing With Tilt Shift

by: tilsley

Tilt Loader

by: entropy462

Tilt By The Sea

by: SeaWhisper

Tilr Shift I – St. Saphorin

by: b4silio

Tilt-Shift

by: wbsgallery.org.uk

Tilt-shift Walking Machines

by: E-325

Gent Tilt Shift

by: flext

Tilt Shift Fun

by: DanielloPL

biG miNiaTURe wOrld

by: 27147

Skyline Tilt

by: Theia-photography

Tilt-Shift Tennis

by: Vincent Laforet

Sydney Apple Store Miniature

by: Christopher Chan

Little Game

by: Pattagon

There are no mini disasters

by: Automatt

Bockstark

by: Spoonfed Design

B Tal

by: Spoonfed Design

Toy Kuala Lumpur

by: Timmy Toucan

Nice, France

by: therealjasonruff

Barcelona Road – Tilt Shift

by: ChaosBearer

A Miniature Dip

by: Meowgli

Toy Bridge

by: darktiger

Tilt shift Oslo 2

by: mariusjellum

Oasis Miniature

by: roevin

FeelingOf Choice and Impending

by: Veniamin

Mini B-More

by: wumpiewoo

Tilt Shift Riederalp

by: LukeGoesDeviantArt

I’Amphitheatrum

by: tHE PypEr

Tilt-Shift Miniature

by: Kalalika

Joe’s Crab Shack – Nashville, TN (Tilt Shift)

by: Shawn S. Ide

Wellington – fake tilt shift

by: soozn

Mini Firenze

by: Timothysschenck

Phonehenge – Tilt-shift

by: ExplodedSoda

Battleship Sunset

by: Toshio

2008-09-20_00002

by: MCMXLLV

Santiago Centro Tilt Shift 01

by: dvcomk

Heisson Bridge

by: Curtis Gregory Perry

Tilt-Shift House

by: pernillep

Miniature Living Room

by: countlazarus

Southern Cross Station

by: JamesDPhotography

The Corniche in Muscat Oman

by: Eric Lafforgue

Paris in Miniature

by: FoxyMcSlick

old_city-hall_sheraton

by: wvs

Canal Grande

by: jjjohn

La Vera Cruz – Efecto Tilt-Shift digital

by: Ender079

Tilt shift Sanaa Yemen – Lafforgue

by: Lafforgue

Mini Shubuya 1

by: Falterdan

A Vendre

by: Siamesesam

Tilt Shift

by: EWCoyote

Example Barcelona (tilt shift)

by: oseillo

MFocks 03-01 Duesseldorf06lb

by: Matthias Focks

Snow

by: UrbanThrash

Do It Yourself

Here are a couple of links to sites that allow you to upload any image and apply tilt-shift to it without the need of photo-editing applications.

Tilt-Shift Generator

This online application gives you the ability to change the distance, strength and area of the blurred effect while also giving you control over the color (saturation, contrast, brightness) and quality of the final image. I used the Tilt-Shift Generator above to alter one of the images that I took in St. Lucia.

Before

After

Tilt-Shift Maker

This tilt-shift generator also does a good job of creating the effect while still giving you some control. Again I tried it out with a vacation picture from St. Lucia, and it turned out pretty good.

Before