I’m obsessed with tilt-shift photography. If you’ve never heard of it before, it’s a way of manipulating an image either through special lenses or by applying filters that make the objects in the image appear miniature like in the image I shot above. There’s just something magical about all things mini that always makes me smile.
Perhaps it’s the birds eye feel of the style that gets me giddy and makes the world seem more extraordinary. Or maybe it’s the memories I recall from my travel adventures. Tilt shift images remind me of what the world looks from the window of an airplane right before touching down.
But mostly it’s seems to be the reminder that the world is such a vast, amazing place. And our troubles are so microscopic in comparison. There’s a calming effect about that realization and I encourage you to think about that.
Don’t Lose Sight Of Life, Just Keep Moving Forward
We get so caught up in paralyzing thoughts like “I’m so busy…I’m so stressed…I’m so troubled…I’m so miserable…me me me me” that we forget about all the glorious things around us.
If you get too focused on yourself and your own anxieties, you’ll lose sight of life.
Miniaturize yourself in your surroundings once in a while and you’ll realize that all of your worries are really insignificant and there’s no need to let them keep holding you back anymore.
The world is always in motion. Life is always in motion. If you try to stand still too long, you’re going to get knocked over.
Shrink your fears and concerns until they disappear. Free your mind and keep moving forward.
Here are some brilliant tilt-shift videos by a talented Greek photographer, Emmanouil Papadopoulos, that will help you miniaturize and keep moving forward.
Untemplaters, are your troubles currently keeping you in a stand still? Have you ever tried to miniaturize your stress and anxieties? What keeps you moving forward?
Very cool video and pics! I can see why you enjoy tile-shift photography so much 🙂 I also enjoy your philosophical POV – we can be so microscopic in our view sometimes, it is important to step back. Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks Sher! I love visualizing how small things are in the universe and letting go of stress and worries that way. The world is an amazing place!
Sounds like fun hobby and the best part is it isn’t very expensive! Some day I intend to atleast experiment with tilt-shift photography.
The videos are gorgeous!
Glad you liked the videos! It’s a super fun hobby. You should try it out 🙂
Love the park scenes, pretty amazing technique! I have always been amazed by closeup macro photography of nature. It gives you a new appreciation of something when you are looking at it from a different perspective doesn’t it?
Yes! Macro photography is amAzing too!! I rented a macro lens one weekend and took pics of everything. It’s so incredible to see how things look in macro.
My wife is learning photography, actually she’s learning a lot of things like Spanish language, floral decoration, event management etc. I just showed her this article and amazingly she took a picture of our living room with the center table miniaturized.
Now I know she’ll keep taking such pictures for days.
That’s so funny. :). Photography can get very addicting! I have a ton of different hobbies that I’m always trying to learn so I can relate to her. 🙂