Tilt-shift photography is popular genre of photography that involves manipulating depth of field and perspectives. Real world objects often take on a toy like appearance in resulting tilt-shift images as a result.

Specially designed tilt-shift lenses or adapters are required to achieve this effect practically in-camera. This can be both costly and challenging, resulting in some photographers opting to simulate the effect during post-production using programs like Photoshop instead. The same principle can be applied in reverse to magnify the depth of field, but there are no commercially available lenses and adapters that cater to this kind of tilt-shifting. This had led photographer Jin Kim to tackle the challenge with a DIY approach. We first learned about Jin's custom made tilt shift lenses when his son shared a photo of one of them onto Reddit. What we saw looked more like a set piece from a science fiction movie rather than a lens that we'd normally mount onto our cameras. Our attention was piqued and we had to learn more. Luckily, Jin Kim was kind enough to share the stories behind his lenses with us. For the sake of clarity, please note that we have done our best efforts to transcribe this interview. . thephoblographer.com

2020-7-27 01:00