Hawaii Tilt-Shift Photography

Tilt–Shift Photography

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Aloha, Welcome to the Tilt-shift photography section of my website.
My name is Anthony Calleja, and I am a photographer on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

Tilt-shift photography uses camera movements on small and medium-format cameras and sometimes refers explicitly to tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniature scene. Sometimes the term is used when the shallow depth of field is simulated with digital post-processing; the name may derive from the tilt-shift lens usually required when the effect is produced optically.

"Tilt-shift" encompasses two different types of movements: rotation of the lens plane relative to the image plane, called tilt, and direction of the lens parallel to the image plane, called shift. Tilt is used to control the orientation of the plane of focus (PoF), and hence the part of an image that appears sharp; it uses the Scheimpflug principle. A shift is used to adjust the subject's position in the image area without moving the camera back; this is often helpful in avoiding the convergence of parallel lines, as when photographing tall buildings.

Below are samples of my Tilt-shift photography, some using a lens and others using Photoshop to achieve the effect. Can you tell the difference?

Tilt-Shift photography - Valley of the Temples, Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii

Tilt-Shift photography - Honolulu Airport surrounding area

Tilt-Shift photography - Tugboats at Honolulu Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii

Tilt-Shift photography - Tugboats at Honolulu Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii

Tilt-Shift photography - Outrigger Canoe Race, Magic Island, Oahu, Hawaii