CREATE A MINIATURE WORLD

Build your own scenes and take advantage of shallow depth-of-field for unique, imaginative images

Miniature photography has become a popular genre and involves placing scale models of subject in an environment, to create a false scene. With careful subject placement, camera angle consideration, depth-of-field management and lighting, a situation should seem close to reality, at least on initial viewing. Ordinary subjects such as grass can take of the role of a dense jungle, or the inclusion of insects and other small creatures will add a surreal element, with great eye-catching properties. Being able to move around, above and below your subject gives you scope to create perspectives that are impossible in the real world, opening up opportunities for fun and playful photos. The challenges of the genre are often caused by the aspects which make it unique. Depth-of-field is limited, which produces the characteristic…

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