Abhijit Chattaraj

Project 4 – Tilt-Shift Effect

The tilt-shift effect is a popular technique that originated from the use of ‘tilt-shift’ lenses. Architectural photographers use these specialized lenses to correct the converging verticals of the buildings they are photographing, but they can also be used creatively to shift the plane of focus so that areas of the image are thrown dramatically out of focus. One of the most popular effects is to create a ‘toy town’ look where figures and cars look like they have been placed in a model village. This effect can be created easily in post-production and the advantage is the cost saving (tilt-shift lenses are extraordinarily expensive) and the fact that the point of focus can be changed at any time, when and if you change your mind. The tilt-shift effect is applied to Broadway, New York City. Mark Galer

Project 8 – 16 Bits/Channel

Multilayered editing in 16 Bits/Channel is the professionals approach to image editing, but it was never supposed to be possible in Photoshop Elements. For this tutorial Mark Galer adopts the age-old adage ‘never say never’ and demonstrates how you can edit at the higher bit depth until the proverbial cows come home so that you can extract the maximum quality from your Raw files.

Project 4 – Little Big World

Ever since Gulliver went for his now famous travels, we have been conjuring up dreams of a world where giants and little people are part of every day life. In this project we transport a little girl playing make-believe with her father to a magic place where she can tickle miniature castles. This fascinating illusion is created by using perspective to our advantage. We combine two images, both captured from a low angle. Further, we have taken care to ensure that the direction and type of daylight are well matched between the two images. These factors combine to help us place the little girl next to the castle and create an acceptable composite image. Land of the giants – for this startling illusion we combine two still images, carefully captured from low angles Model: Leah Parke