Showing posts with label Tilt-shift Miniature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tilt-shift Miniature. Show all posts
2010-12-22
High on London: Tilt-Shift City
The clip below was filmed and produced start to finish in 12 hours by Matt Gosden and Rob Rackstraw. Hats off to Matt and Rob as its fantastic:
The sequence was captured using an Olympus E-PL1.
2010-06-20
Sketches of Boston Traffic: Tilt-Shift Timelapse
Sundays are somehow made for posts on the use of tilt-shift and timelapse photography in cities. The clip below by Patrick Johnson captures traffic in Boston:
The clip is number 7 in a series of sketches on Boston traffic by Patrick, you can view 1-6 over on his Vimeo page.
Sketches of Boston Traffic - #7 from Patrick Johnson on Vimeo.
The clip is number 7 in a series of sketches on Boston traffic by Patrick, you can view 1-6 over on his Vimeo page.
2010-02-05
Miniature Tokyo City Timelapse
The movie below combines timelapse techniques with tilt/shift and a focus on the city of Tokyo - we like it a lot:
We must get out and do a London version...
We must get out and do a London version...
2010-01-29
Digital City / City 2.0 Video
We don't have much information on this one but its really nice. Sometimes thats the best way, finding neat clips that only have a few views (32 in this case) and giving them a showcase. We have added a 'retweet' button to the top right of our posts as a test, the movie below deserves a wider viewing:
The clip seems to of been created by http://insoc.co.uk/
The clip seems to of been created by http://insoc.co.uk/
2009-11-16
Colorama - Tilt Shift - Large and Small
At the moment our iMac round the back of the office is churning out our first 'fake' tiltshift test. Its been running for 3 days and has given the poor thing a notable level of screen burn, while that processes and we wait for the results, below is how it should be done:
The 'giant hand' makes for an interesting take on tilt shift movies. Developed by UpperFirst for Colorama, the idea is to create a visually absurd situation using displacement of scale between the people in frame and the giant hand. It is meant to underline the contrast of small and big, where the hand symbolizes the consumers ability to effect the environment and in the extension his or her own environment.
Colorama - Makeover from Upper First on Vimeo.
The 'giant hand' makes for an interesting take on tilt shift movies. Developed by UpperFirst for Colorama, the idea is to create a visually absurd situation using displacement of scale between the people in frame and the giant hand. It is meant to underline the contrast of small and big, where the hand symbolizes the consumers ability to effect the environment and in the extension his or her own environment.
2009-10-23
Small Life
We really need to take two days out and do a tilt-shift timelapse of London, the clip below is both charming and inspiring:
Picked up via UrbanTick
Small Life in Saxon Switzerland from Christoph Schaarschmidt on Vimeo.
Picked up via UrbanTick
2009-09-08
Miniture City Timelpase: Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
We know, we know... the effect has been done time and time again over the last year and we have featured many mini city timelapses here on du. That said, we still like them, below is mini Ho Chi Minh:
The clip was captured by Joe Nafis using a Canon A540 with the tilt shift effect done in post.
Miniature City HCMC Tilt-Shift Time Lapse from Joe Nafis on Vimeo.
The clip was captured by Joe Nafis using a Canon A540 with the tilt shift effect done in post.
2009-07-17
Miniature City featuring Vividblaze "Tight Rope (Floor Mix)"
Many of the tilt-shift/timelapse movies we have featured here on digital urban have been created using a fake title shift effect. The movie below by mockmoon uses a ARAX 2.8/35mm Tilt & Shift lens mounted on a Canon EOS 5DmarkII:
Movie by mockmoon : http://mockmoon.sblo.jp with music by vividblaze : http://www.vividblaze.com
The clip has inspired us to get out the Canon G9, fire off an email to the people behind UrbanTick and sort out our own tutorial and timelapse imagery, more on that in future posts...
The clip has inspired us to get out the Canon G9, fire off an email to the people behind UrbanTick and sort out our own tutorial and timelapse imagery, more on that in future posts...
2009-06-03
Tilt Shift Mini Cities - Scenes from a Rooftop
Scenes from a rooftop from Paul Johannessen on Vimeo.
2009-03-12
Los Angeles Tilt Shift Timelapse
the east side of Los Angeles on a sunny day from clark vogeler on Vimeo.
The movie above by Clark Vogeler was shot around the Silverlake, Echo Park, Los Feliz, Griffith Park and Downtown areas of Los Angeles using a Nikon D60 with a Pclix intervalometer.
The fake tilt-shift was achieved via Photoshop, some of the interscetions and retail outlets work really well.
2008-12-05
Little People in the City: Non Tilt Shift City Art (they really are small)
Over the past few weeks we have been writing about Tilt Shift photography used to create fake 'model like' images of the city. As such we were delighted by the book and blog 'Little People In The City'.Produced by the photographer Slinkachu the book depicts scenes of model people going about their everyday lives in the real city. Ranging from fending for themselves on the mean streets to simply using the cash machine the work is both innovative and charming.
The book is available via Amazon, normally priced at £10 it is currently online at £6.00 and as such is a must buy.Take a look at http://www.slinkachu.com/ for more info and also the blog http://little-people.blogspot.com/
Thanks go to Fabian from http://urbantick.blogspot.com/ (the latest blog out of CASA, home of digital urban) for putting the book on my desk...
Its a brilliant idea, now if you could merge fake tilt shift with actual little people......
2008-12-01
Google Earth Miniature San Francisco: Tilt Shift
We have been quite taken with fake tilt shift imagery recently - its a unique way to visualise the city in model form. Google Earth of course makes the perfect candidate for fake tilt shift images and videos, Inoue_k3D's example of San Francisco is an excellent example:
Flight over Miniature San Francisco (Tilt-Shift) from Inoue_k3D on Vimeo.
Take a look at our previous posts for more info: Tilt Shift: Miniature City Videos and Create a Model Size City: Tilt Shift Miniature Photoshop Tutorial
2008-11-20
Tilt Shift: Miniature City Videos
Tilt-shift miniature faking is a process in which a photograph of a life-size location or object is manipulated so that it looks like a photograph of a miniature scale model.
By distorting the focus of the photo, the artist simulates the shallow depth of field normally encountered with macro lenses making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is (Wikipedia) and it is particularity suited to cityscapes.
If you can tilt shift a single image then the process is also suited to video clips of the city and the results can be well worth the post processing. The movie below by CeeDee illustrates how using tilt shift urban areas can be made to look like models:
Tilt Shift Test 02 from CeeDee on Vimeo.
The next movie below by Kid Volcano develops the concept with a timelapse tilt shift of a pedestrian bridge in Cape Town:
Tilt Shift Fake from KidVolcano on Vimeo.
The process works with any view captured from an oblique angle - Keith Loutit's example of Sydney is an excellent further example - this time using an actual tilt shift lens rather than faking it in post processing (thanks Bob for the lens info).
Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Finally there is a mini San Fransisco produced by Captin Nod:
Dawn and dusk in mini San Francisco from captin nod on Vimeo.
How do you make these videos? Take a look at our orginal post on tilt shift photography for links to a couple of tutorials and then simply create a action in Photoshop to process all of your timelapse frames before creating the movie.
We really like the effect and time willing we will have a London example online soon complete with a walk through of how it was made..
By distorting the focus of the photo, the artist simulates the shallow depth of field normally encountered with macro lenses making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is (Wikipedia) and it is particularity suited to cityscapes.
If you can tilt shift a single image then the process is also suited to video clips of the city and the results can be well worth the post processing. The movie below by CeeDee illustrates how using tilt shift urban areas can be made to look like models:
Tilt Shift Test 02 from CeeDee on Vimeo.
The next movie below by Kid Volcano develops the concept with a timelapse tilt shift of a pedestrian bridge in Cape Town:
Tilt Shift Fake from KidVolcano on Vimeo.
The process works with any view captured from an oblique angle - Keith Loutit's example of Sydney is an excellent further example - this time using an actual tilt shift lens rather than faking it in post processing (thanks Bob for the lens info).
Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Finally there is a mini San Fransisco produced by Captin Nod:
Dawn and dusk in mini San Francisco from captin nod on Vimeo.
How do you make these videos? Take a look at our orginal post on tilt shift photography for links to a couple of tutorials and then simply create a action in Photoshop to process all of your timelapse frames before creating the movie.
We really like the effect and time willing we will have a London example online soon complete with a walk through of how it was made..
2008-10-14
Create a Model Size City: Tilt Shift Miniature Photoshop Tutorial
Tilt-shift miniature faking is a process in which a photograph of a life-size location or object is manipulated so that it looks like a photograph of a miniature scale model. By distorting the focus of the photo, the artist simulates the shallow depth of field normally encountered with macro lenses making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is (Wikipedia) and it is particularity suited to cityscapes.
TUAW have broken form their normal Mac based news to put up a fantastic tutorial talking you through the few simple steps to create your own model city view from almost any imagery.
If you have five minutes to spare head over to the TUAW tutorial
It is also worth looking at the additional Fake Model Photography tutorial by Christopher Phin. The concept is the same but the technique is actually slightly refined and much easier to pick up.
We will be featuring some examples over the coming weeks using GigaPan image capture techniques (more on that soon), if you have a model cityscape let us know..
You can see the title image of Sydney by Becky E in its full glory via Flickr.
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