15 Comments

Is it just me that wonders how anyone can become famous for that? Surely, this can't be news to people? Anyone with a basic grasp of Photoshop can achieve similar results (quite convinsing ones as well) in minutes.
martin
2008-10-02 12:34:27

Tilt/shift photography's been around for aaaages. There's a huge flickr photostream dedicated to it. It boggles the mind that this chap (while producing good examples) has won a photography award for simply using a technique. If he'd pointed to some aspect of the 'human condition' or commented in some way on something then I could understand.

Maybe it's over my head.
Ed
2008-10-02 12:45:14

Nice work.
I wouldn't have guessed.
Adaptiv Media
2008-10-02 14:29:19

o.l.d. n.e.w.s.
chimpomatic
2008-10-02 14:46:14

Identical to other photographers such as Miklos Gaal but it has been well mastered and applied for a new photographer.
Dan Gresly
2008-10-02 14:54:27

Is he Naoki Honjo?

http://www.taigallery.com/naokihonjo.html
temtem
2008-10-02 15:05:56

If these were actually miniatures he had made then that would be more impressive. Still, they are well crafted.

Like this
http://www.methodstudios.com/movie/878.html
Geeky? Yes. Good? Also yes.
Stu
2008-10-02 15:43:24

Fair enough if he was the very first to do it, but I doubt he was..
Gareth
2008-10-02 16:44:11

miklos gaal, oliviero barbieri the list goes on and on... All a bit tired now really and heavily reliant as Ed above says on a bit of focus trickery. Derivative and verging on dull.
bucky
2008-10-02 19:41:59

This guy has been around for a long time. The shots look great, who says that only 1 person is allowed to use a technique? Some pretty harsh comments here for a piece of work that is visually solid.
Jason
2008-10-03 00:08:10

It's not that I dislike the work; I think it looks great, I just don't see how it's award-winning or in the slightest part innovative because it's been done so many times before and this doesn't bring anything (as far as I can see) new to the concept.
Ed
2008-10-03 09:37:19

So olllddddd. Some advertising bell-ends have even had time to rip it off, for some recent Expedia tv ads.
Creepers
2008-10-06 13:48:28

Keith Loutit does videos with same technique. Nice.

http://www.vimeo.com/keithloutit
Gary
2008-10-11 21:08:21

Its a technique for gods sake, why can't a photographer explore a single way of recording an image to put across his perspective?

Scheinflug has been used for a long time in photography and will crop up again. Nothing will ever be entirely 'new'!
Andrew
2008-10-23 12:27:38

I love these images. They used this technique really creatively - producing colourful, strong images with immediate impact. Making a sometimes mundane scene, much more interesting and engaging to look at.

It's not a new technique, but the image quality and choice of subject really work. Enjoy them.
Maggie
2008-10-24 09:44:54

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