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Using Tilt/Shift Lenses

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This lesson will teach you how to use Tilt/Shift Lenses.

How to Take Bad Pictures
"Simple formula for poor pictures: put a building in the shot, then don't aim level. You end up with what is called "converging lines." The left and right side of the building seem to meet somewhere above the picture. If that's what you wanted, fine. If not, get it under control.

The Band-Aid
Level off. You need to have the lens (and film plane) parallel to the edges that you don't want converging. (You don't actually have to be parallel to a side of the building, just an edge.) For most buildings this means vertical. You probably have zero height compared to a building, so for practical purposes this means aiming at the base of the building. But, when you do this, you are probably cutting off the top. So, you will back up quite a ways to get it to fit in. This makes it small.

You'll notice now that the building is only using the top half of the film. My example image shows beautiful green meadow, but you've got parking lots and hot dog stands. At the very least, you will have to crop half the shot away, and enlarge your grain twice as much as needed. Is there a better way?

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