Changing Perspectives to Find a New View 

I had a Lensbaby lens that had litle things that moved in front of the lens for use with tilt-shift just as you described!

❤ Tilt is focal plane, shift is perspective plane. If you are using just tilt, go crazy. Tilt shift solves only half of the equation of large formate. You need to play with a 4x5 and a polaroid back to get how fully plastic focus and perspective can be.

Sweet look at this lens. Thanks for the video.

Super creative images with the prisms!

We used a tilt shift lens on a doc a few years ago to make some b-roll more abstract and it worked so well. Definitely not a lens I’d use for it’s intended use but something I’d use for making some oddball shots. Loved the photos where you used different objects in front of the lens to distort the image. Some of my favorites out of all your photos.

I think you have completely grasped the consept, have adapted it for your use and have shared your interpretation. Wonderful way to demistify it for me, being a mere mortal. One to watch more than once. Now where did I put that Vaseline :)

Canon TSE 45mm and 90mm are great portrait lenses even if you don't tilt or shift them. A great benefit of shift is being able to shoot from the ground but still maintaining all the resolution and perspective lines (even for portraits that makes a difference!) The extra glass to cover a larger image circle makes magic. Also, Fotodiox makes Tilt adapters (ROKR methinks.) Turns any old lens into a tilt lens. I have not used them since I already have TS lenses, but I have used their STRETCH macro adapters for Canon FD to Sony E mount and they are built very well.

Wonderful ! Love from 🇿🇦

i have always disregarded tilt lenses for being gimmicky but your shots combining it with the prism honestly made me see potential in these for the first time

I go to school in Germany and we studied the works of the Bechers for very long time in art class. Everyone had to do a presentation about how the style of the Bechers influenced one of their students from Düsseldorf university. I chose Candida Höfer. Although I have no interest for these buildings, their dedication in cataloguing these often overseen structures they told the story of deindustrialization in Germany, showing that photography is as much the process as the final image.

Hearing Ken G4VZV at the start of the video was a bit of a nice surprise! I have never met Ken, but we have exchanged communications quite a few times…. Yes for my sins I am also a radio amateur! G8SFR and these days F4VTF !! Oh sorry photography…. Very interesting lens and I love the way you have been using it. Thank you for sharing as always. ❤

Ha! my brand new Canon R6 Mkii has a mode of “creative filters” everyone reviewing it said avoid these like the plague. One is miniature /diorama effect. I wondered what that was but I guess I do now. Must try it out but keep my expectations low ッ

Very interesting! I am also testing a lens from TTArtisan right now. The 25mm f2 on a Fujifilm XPRO. I am shocked at the quality of the lens and at such a small price.

Have you tried the Lensbaby Sol 45? It shifts beautifully and has two shades that can be used to shape the bokeh. I love it.

Cool music at the start. Reminds me of Thunderbird by C418.

Very cool. Is it similar in any way to a Lensbaby?

Make sure they send the lens mount you want - I am having trouble getting them to rectify sending me an E mount 60mm lens when I had ordered an M 4/3 60mm.

I just bought a TE-E 50mm (like… yesterday) after years of wanting to own one for no other reason than it was extremely interesting. The moving band of focus that you mentioned, highlighted by the focus peeking on my eos r, was the biggest change to jump out at me while shooting. In camera, everything looks great, and the band, or change in focus feels like just another way to draw attention to a subject. On the computer though… the effect is WAY too strong… I’m thinking I need to consider these features as real time lightroom sliders. Move the slider too much in any direction, and the positives are lost, and the picture is ruined.

Used to own a camera that did this tilt effect you speak of. Wish I remembered what it was called.

I have been looking for a lens like this. I wish it were a 35mm (and shift).

Great video. I want to share a new perspective as well. On Ted's The Art of Photography site, the compositional key video, second video presently he receives a book/magazine from Joao Flecha and Filipa Oliveria titled A Thousand Words No.2. What is amazing, these photographs, B/W are printed on black paper with white ink. Amazing results. A new perspective?

The TTA Tilt lens and The Bechers in the same video? 👍👍

Try a 1dx mark one !!!!! Since u loved.loved tue original oh but that was ccd so u wont

Is that a fisher price enlarger on your left?!

Very creative, but funny that you call the miniature effect a trick but then you use prisms :)

Bro I met a girl in college like this but not with cameras with sex

Stop yapping Kate

2:11 Damn, your arms are hairy, Ali. But good workout routine!!! ;)

You sound EXACTLY LIKE KATE FROM JON AND KATE Plus 8 NOT GOOD BRA