Playing with photography

There's this technique in photography called tilt-shift photography. It allows the photographer to have very precise control over depth of field, which basically means there's one small area on the picture that's in focus, while everything else moves quickly out of focus.

You see it a lot in pictures of food or very small things. See my favorite examples here.

You can also use this technique to make photos of life-size scenes look tiny. I love the effect. You can make people and cars look mini, which is always exciting.

Well, I don't own a fancy camera, but I own Photoshop. I've been playing photos that my friends and I have taken and made some neat images.(Cat photo taken by Lisa Lin)