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Took this photo tonight, just after sunset with the tilt shift (yes, the tilt shift, again). I just was having so much fun with this thing, that I had to post another photo. I love the creepiness that the lens gives the building. Not your typical perspective of the Historical Museum, even though the photo was shot from a completely normal perspective location.
WOW Jon the pictures look real good. Love ya, Denise
Back in the day when I shot commercial architecture for a living with 4×5 cameras, the goal was to capture perfectly straight lines and technically correct renderings. But, I like this much better! The bent perspectives make you look at everyday things and a new way, and the splash of warmth to the B&W tone is timeless. Well done!
How do you get that effect? I have to shoot tomorrow and totally forget how to…
jonathan – not sure how I missed you comment being posted, but to answer your question: the lens does all the magic for you. if you have the lens, just play with it until you get the desired affect. If you do not own the tilt shift, there are techniques in photoshop that give the same effect. email me if you want more info.
W.O.W. Jon we so delighted in your talent, your capture the essence of joy love family in the Christmas Pics. Keep up the great work will be looking in on blog. Happy New Year with much success with the camera, May be see you in May for car show.
Your thanksgiving extended family
Don Pat Smith
I was just playing around with Tilt Shift last night and thought that the San Luis Obispo train station would be the perfect subject. In fact, the aspect was perfect from the pedestrian bridge, the only thing missing: a train. Probably would’ve been cool to have a couple little people include in the photo as well. The hardest part about capturing these photos is getting that downward aspect and the right lighting to replicate that “shoebox” look.
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So about a month or so ago, John Moule came into my office with a proposition. It was almost like a scene out of a spy movie; my mission: to provide John with 15 photographs of San Luis Obispo historic buildings to print and frame for his new brewery, scheduled to open in October. I’ll be the first to admit that photographing buildings didn’t initially “do it for me.” But as I looked into it, I discovered that shooting buildings really isn’t that easy and static as I imagined. Okay, sure, they don’t move around, but the light sure does, not to mention the people, and the cars, and so on……. Needless to say, I have quickly realized that the have been several parameters to consider, in addition capturing aspects of the buildings that I find interesting to the eye.
Enter: the tilt shift lens.
After careful deliberation between the various voices in my head, I finally decided to rent a tilt shift lens rather than correct the common issue of converging parallel lines of a building with Photoshop. Based on a little Google research I found that the tilt shift lens makes for some interesting photographs rather than just helping a photographer straighten out the sides of his buildings. The tilt shift lens design also can create “shoebox” images that make the surrounding appear to miniaturized. Later I found an alternative method of accomplishing this in Photoshop. But nevermind that, the tilt shift lens moves around and stuff!!!! It’s cool!
So above is just one photograph of the famous Ah Louis store in downtown SLO. I kinda liked this photo because I purposely shot the building so that the building gets wider at the top. It kinda reminded me of the 80′s movie, “Beetlejuice” minus the frightening characters.
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Wow– that’s nice Juanito!
Looks really cool! I like the colors of the picture (looks “vintage”) and the effect.
So, for those of you who I work with, please do not read any further; for I have skipped out on work today to participate in some scientific research within the Piedras Blancas Marine Protected Area (and, please, don’t mind the tecates we brought aboard; this is some real research going on folks):
Anyway, today was awesome. Instead of working, our day consisted of steaming for about 2.5 hours up the coast and doing some good old hook and line survey techniques within the Piedras Blancas Marine Protected Area. In total we brought aboard 208 fish, which were tagged, measured and documented, before being released back out into the ocean. Pretty successful, but Lulu mentioned that there have been days were 400+ fish were brought aboard. Whoa! But I gotta say, the highlight of my day was collecting the 5 bucks from Aaron and Travis after I reeled in the monster of the day. Aw yeah…..
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I can still hear you laughing as you took my money. You got me on this one Clax, but I’m going out for revenge in Alaska.
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