Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

Tilt Shift pho­tog­ra­phy, a cam­era tech­nique that results in the illu­sion of minia­tur­ized sub­jects, has been a trend for a lit­tle while, but it still con­tin­ues to impress me. The only place I’ve actu­ally seen it in use com­mer­cially is in the open­ing cred­its of Dollhouse, where I think it makes per­fect sense con­cep­tu­ally. But plenty of artists are exper­i­ment­ing with the tech­nique in their per­sonal work.

If you’d like to see more, Smashing Magazine did a round-up of some great exam­ples last year and there is a wealth of exam­ples on flickr. And if you’d like to try it your­self but lack the proper equip­ment, there are actu­ally quite a few online and iPhone appli­ca­tions that promise to cre­ate the same effect — check here, here or here. I haven’t tried any of them per­son­ally, but it’s worth a shot.