Miscellaneous

Tilt-shift miniature faking

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By simulating a narrow depth of field and very saturated colours on a photo with an elevated point of view you can make a normal scene look like a small scale model.

I’ve been dying to try these techniques for ages, but I just didn’t have the appropriate images. Until now, that is…

Read more on tilt-shift miniature faking on this wikipedia entry.

Gotta love the Lisbon flea market

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After many years without setting foot on that part of Lisbon, I visited Feira da Ladra again today. A few questions lingered on my mind: Who wears second hand shoes? How much of a market is there for rusty tools? How desperate do you have to be to buy a used vibrator from a floor stall?

Christmas Lights on Regent Street

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Update: Apparently these different new lights on Regent Street are sponsored by Nokia, and interact with the crowd down below. More information on this here.