Almost 2 years ago, I decided I wanted to play around with a bit of tilt shift photography. Converting my pics with the right amount of blur and saturation was a lengthy process on Photoshop which I never bothered to repeat again. My original results can be seen here.
2 years later, whilst playing on my tablet I noticed one of the photo apps I use, Snapseed, included a tilt shift filter. I quickly pulled up a few pics I had saved on my tablet, and within seconds had converted 5 photos. It honestly took all of about 5 minutes, which using the original Photoshop method I tried 2 years ago, would have taken me an hour or so.
This is of course not a suprise. I think almost every photo app these days, plus many digital cameras come built in with a tilt shift function. I guess in that regard, the 'magic' of the technique has disappeared to a degree (though, did it ever really exist?). In either case, I still enjoy the look and feel in the right instances, but know for a fact that I will not be resorting to sitting down on my PC if I need to achieve the look again in the future!
It definitely is magic when you do it for real with a tilt shift lens! Perspective shift and non-parallel focus planes can make for some amazing images
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