Tilt-Shift miniature faking is a creative technique whereby a photograph of a life-size location or object is manipulated to give an optical illusion of a photograph of a miniature scale model. Purists take these types of pictures using a special lens, but regular images can also be manipulated using Photoshop or similar program.
Either way, the results are striking and wonderful to look at. I first saw them in a magazine recently and then the other day, I came across the following blog post and highly recommend it:
> 50 Beautiful Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography (Smashing Magazine)
Want to make your own pictures like these, but don't have a tilt-shift lens or a Photoshop novice? No worries!
> Use the tiltshiftmaker.com Tool
> View 41 More Amazing Pictures like this here
