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Let’s match up iphoneography and big photography. For a bit of irreverent fun. I use big cameras too, so I’m relatively independent. And iphoneograhy has taken the lead! I saw this article about how you can produce a “miniature village” effect using a function called tilt shift in Photoshop Elements. If you take photos with your smart phone, you’ll know this is a very common feature in many apps, not least on Instagram itself (my favourite is in Snapseed). And you’ll also know that’s it’s incredibly easy to apply, and with some quite impressive effects. A couple of taps and pinches and hey presto, a nice faux depth of field. With Elements, you need layers, masks, reflective gradients, CTR this, CTR that. And a mini users manual to help you through the process. And while Elements is on the cheaper side of photography software (at around £50), it’s still infinitely more expensive than Instagram (£0.00).
It’s no big deal. But I love it how iphoneography has made creative image making so much more accessible. In ease of use and in price. It’s like Luton Town taking the lead against Chelsea!
Tilt shift for all!