Christopher Chan Sydney Apple Store Miniature; Fake tilt shift effect applied to a 3xp HDR, taken on June 21, 2008
Tilt-shift photography utilizes special lens that allows the camera to make a real life photography seem like it was taken of miniature objects. The photos are usually taken from above in different angles. This photograph in particular has a peculiar angle of directly above in which it incorporates the glass surrounding the store to look like a glass case for a miniature model. The details on the website tells us that this photo was shot in High Dynamic Range (HDR) using the fake tilt sift effect which causes a lens-blurring effect on both sides of the subject. By having the subject in the middle being the clear aspect of the photo, it provides a shallow field of depth that allows for it to be viewed smaller than it actually is. How Chan positions the reflections in the glass is also an interesting outlook on the photo itself as it seems sort of like a screenshot from a stop motion film in a sense. By positioning the angle from above further elevates the experience of looking through the glass of the people shopping as if they were built as toys to stand there until physically moved.