Tilt-Shift Photography

This is absolutely cool. I read about this technique called tilt-shift photography today and just wanted to share it:



Photos taken at a distance generally have a very large depth of field which makes everything look focused. In these photos, though, the depth of field has been artificially decreased so that the foreground and background are out of focus, even when everything is at a distance. Since we are used to seeing a small depth of field only in closeups, the pictures appear to be miniature models rather than the full-sized subjects they actually are.

Make sure to checkout this cool video slide-show about a NY Times photographer who has been using this technique.