What is diorama or Tilt Shift photography mode and how to do it on a mobile

Mobile cameras are becoming more complex and complete. Part of the fault lies with the software and part with the hardware.

One of the photography modes that is gaining some momentum is the Tilt Shift mode, which allows us to photograph scenes with a result that is similar to what we would have when photographing a model.

What is Tilt Shift photography or diorama

This type of photography is what we normally see when photographing models given the shallow depth of field that we have available.

However, the idea of ​​this mode on mobiles is to carry it out with everyday scenes, applying a kind of selective filter.

For example, in realme you have incorporated this mode in the Realme 8 Pro directly in the camera application. In it, an algorithm calculates the effect for each pixel in the image and applies them to the photograph.

In this way we can take pictures directly with this mode without needing cameras with decentralized lenses.

How to take Tilt Shift photography

In order to use this type of processing we can use external applications or the camera application itself in the case that our mobile even the option. This happens, for example, in the realme 8 Pro.

In the event that we need an external application, the most comfortable thing is to use Instagram since it has an option for it. You can see it applied in this image that I made on the last great trip I made, to Prague two years ago.

To apply the filter you simply have to choose the photo you are going to upload, look for the blur option and select Linear.

There we can modify the inclination of the blur as well as the width of the area that will be in focus, something key to be able to adapt each image.

Tips for making these types of images

Although in theory we can apply this to any photograph, the ideal is make it from urban or landscape settings, reinforcing the idea of ​​photographing a model.

Also, it’s always a good idea do it from above, because it’s how we would normally shoot towards a scale model. However, this is not mandatory, as we see in the following photographs.

Finally, whoever has people or cars somewhat more separated from the rest It helps to reinforce the idea that the image is from a model, although this cannot always be achieved, especially if we do not shoot from a certain height.

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