Idea Development- Tilt Shift Photography

I wanted to look further into 'tilt shift' photography, which is essentially making an object in a photo miniature-sized, this could be done after the shot has been taken on PhotoShop or beforehand. This sort of photography has always interested me, however I have not had the opportunity to do so before. I also think that if I try to achieve this both before and after it will help me to progress with my PhotoShop skills, which is what I feel I need to work on at this stage to make sure I am not at an advantage when it comes to the exam period of work.

I will begin to look at other photographers work, in order to gain ideas about what you need to do for an effective tilt-shift photograph. I may also need to look more closely at tutorials in order to gain techniques to enable me to do this, I am not sure how difficult this will be but creating an image bank I feel will help me to discover the steps I need to take. Initially, I collected a definition in order to effectively to establish what tilt-shift photography is, and do some reading into the different ways and types that  I may be able to do this in. What I found on the internet is as follows:

It is a process in which a photograph of a life-size location or object is made to look like a photograph of a miniature scale model. Blurring parts of the photo simulates the shallow depth of field normally encountered in close-up photography, making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is; the blurring can be done either optically when the photograph is taken, or by digital postprocessing. Many diorama effect photographs are taken from a high angle to simulate the effect of looking down on a miniature.


Image Bank

From the images I have collected, I found that trains are a popular subject for tilt-shift photography, as they create an effective idea for a miniature piece. I also feel that mostly landscapes work best with tilt-shift photography, this image bank has inspired me do a similar shoot of my own. However, I think that I need to plan this shoot carefully as if I don't choose the right sort of place to shoot in it will not be executed well enough. Firstly, I will begin taking landscape shots ordinarily but with the idea of tilt-shift photography, then later editing them on PhotoShop. I may also experiment with altering the DoF manually, however I'm not entirely sure how successful this will be.