MKMoore Photoblog

Decided to jump on the fake tilt-shift bandwagon. I went through 13 pages of the Flickr search and only saw 2 photos with a person as the main subject so I tried it on a couple older photos of mine with a person as the subject to see what would happen.

This one just needs some minor touch ups to get rid of some stray hairs on her face and maybe some different cropping but otherwise I like this one a lot.

This one would be better if I had started with a higher quality file I think. I don’t have very many wedding photos on hand and this is a low resolution PhotoCD file so it started out really blocky to begin with. The tilt-shift method actually improved it a whole lot. With a little more editing I could probably make it look a lot better overall and get it good enough to print.

For a tutorial on how to do fake tilt-shift look here, www.tiltshiftphotography.net. One thing I do differently though is to do everything on separate layers. Gives you a little more control over everything.

I read an article about how to do this once years ago and tried it out after finding a cheap old Polaroid camera at a junk shop. After going through a whole pack of film I finally got one that I liked. This is one of those techniques that I keep meaning to try again with different subjects but never get around to.
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A quick how-to:

You have to use the type of Polaroid film that you peel apart. Take and develop the photo as a normal shot. Let it sit for about 24 hours. In a shallow pan bring some water to a boil then remove from heat. Place the print into the hot water and agitate with some tongs. After a few minutes the emulsion with the image will start to seperate from the backing paper. Once it’s seperated completely you can pick it up with the tongs and apply it to a new backing surface. You can use art papers, linen or other fabric. Other surfaces are possible too but will take some experimenting to see what it will stick to.

Here’s a more detailed explanation at Polaroid.com.