Using a TILT-SHIFT lens to IMPROVE composition in INTERIOR Photography

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Using a TILT-SHIFT lens to IMPROVE composition in INTERIOR Photography

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Жыл бұрын

In this week's video - we use a Canon 17mm TS lens to pull a very high ceiling into our composition and improve the balance of our work. A simple technique and I guide you through it.
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@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

Hope you find the latest walk-through useful?

@ericbaldwin5192 Ай бұрын

Fantastic photos and extremely useful guidance. Many thanks.

@paulowen5539 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video - plenty more will be most welcome!!

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

Cheers Paul. Glad you are enjoying.

@GaryGold Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Great location! Your videos are always a treat.

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

Cheers for watching Garry!

@nikcname 4 ай бұрын

So amazing ❤

@Chetan-K Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your detail video on video. Result you achieved is fantastic.

@JamesKerwin 11 ай бұрын

Cheers! 😌

@luisin69ful Жыл бұрын

Hi James, I appreciate the way you explain how the images are done. Thank you for taking the time to educate us here, you do amazing work. God Bless!

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

No worries at all. I am ramping up production in the coming weeks/months. So we should have more and more consistent content. Nee ideas as well - looking forward to it, and it is nice to see you around here

@aschrafabdelfattah4 Жыл бұрын

Perfect. Great video!

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

😊

@autofocusrossswansea9362 6 ай бұрын

James, Thanks so much for a very easy to follow guide. I bought 45mm and 24mm TS lenses for my D850 and initially used them a lot, but the novelty, and my understanding of them, waned following a family tragedy. I've seen lots of you tubes done on these lenses, but I have to commend you on the clear, easy, and interesting way you demonstrated the technique. My original interest was to use these for tilt, to manipulate and / or mnaximise DOF, but the wonderful capability of using the shift function has not been demonstrated so well by anyone else so, thanks for that. My lenses are going to be put back into use, there are lots of subjects around here which would really benefit from not only shifting, but also stitching to create very high resolution results. Thank you so much.

@JamesKerwin 6 ай бұрын

Hey! It's a pleasure, and thank you for watching. I use these lenses frequently and have toyed with the idea of getting the 45mm as well actually.

@autofocusrossswansea9362 6 ай бұрын

@@JamesKerwin Hi James, that was quick, I only posted my message half an hour ago. I do love the 45mm, it is very good for product photography and is described as a tilt shift macro by Nikon - I think it gets to something like 1:2 at the closest focus. I've been using that one for tilt mostly to get the near and far part of an item into sharp focus - You can get a mobile phone almost filling the image, shot obliquely, at say 30 degrees with the lens pointed down, on a tripod of course, and then using tilt to regain focus from the nearest corner to the farthest. It does work but on the live view it is hard to see focus because the lens is not stopped down. You can set it up easily enough so you get to seee the F8 or F11 version of the image and I love it! Not sure about interior shots but for sure, external shots with it will be perfect with the shifting technique. Obviouslly the 45mm means you need to step back from the subject a lot more than you do with the 24mm. I use the 24mm for landscape and seascape and have done stitched panoramic images and used landscape orientation with vertical shift to make amazing square images. Its been a tough year for us with the tragedy I mentioned but we're looking forward to good weather and a lot more fun now. Hope it works out if you go for the 45mm. Canon allow you to tilt and shift in the same plane whereas Nikon is always at ninety degrees but it is rare I would want both in the same plane anyway.

@ATvisual 11 ай бұрын

great photos!

@JamesKerwin 11 ай бұрын

Cheers AT

@antonyhalls5322 Жыл бұрын

Thanks James. Great video. I own a 45mm version, but after watching your work, I am considering a 24mm.

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

Hey Anthony. I wish I had a longer version as well. 😅

@vimalneha 6 ай бұрын

It was quite useful!

@JamesKerwin 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was quite helpful!

@johnlyon8403 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this video very much. I have that 17mm TS lens that I got for landscape photography. It’s a tricky thing working out the focal plane for that application. Shifting is much easier.

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

I have a video upcoming about this. Indeed tricky and harder with Architecture

@GregJorgo Жыл бұрын

Great stuff! Thankyou.

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@grantellis5986 Жыл бұрын

I've just got a laowa magic shift converter for EF to RF on my R5 using the 16-35mm f2.8 lens, OK I loose a stop of light but I shoot like f8 and get a x1.4 crop factor so I get like a 22mm shift lens.. But can't wait to try is out in Italy..

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

Let me know how it went!

@ZombieCurl Жыл бұрын

There is a positibility to aplly the 3 techniques in one photo? Panorama/stitching photos, bracketing, and focus stacking?

@ZombieCurl Жыл бұрын

And fix lens distortion in lightroom, those four things 😂🙏

@JamesKerwin 11 ай бұрын

Sorry - I missed this. Sure its possible. But the distortion would have to be done manually with these lenses.

@JamesKerwin 11 ай бұрын

Focus stacking would also need to put together in photoshop - because still we wait for it in Lightroom!

@JPStaats Жыл бұрын

Great content with stunning architectural locations. I invested in a used 24mm PC-E Nikkor lens a while ago and love it. Hoping to see these specialised lenses released in mirrorless mount equivalents soon. As a matter of interest, what geared head are you using?

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

Cheers - the GH PRO ii - and I have a video coming soon about it.

@JPStaats Жыл бұрын

Fantastic, very interested to hear your views.

@murphyandmurphybrand Жыл бұрын

Might be a stupid question but is a 24mm tilt shift the same "view" as a 24mm standard lens?

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

Yes - if it is sitting "not shifted" on the lens barrel. 24mm it is!

@murphyandmurphybrand Жыл бұрын

@@JamesKerwin ok thanks, I’m looking at getting a lense to start interior photography and this is one that came up in a list of photographers. Might be a bit too specialised/limiting for a beginner?

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

@@murphyandmurphybrand It is not limiting - but I would suggest for a beginner going for something less specialist until you know you will be doing interiors/exteriors a lot. May be that just a typical 16-35 f4 would do it.

@stevesmede3165 5 ай бұрын

It would be 24mm shifted, too, wouldn't it? Or are you talking about shift+stich?@@JamesKerwin

@JamesKerwin 5 ай бұрын

Talking about one shot - its 24mm at any point. However during the video - sure, we do shift panos too.@stevesmede3165

@1duesy 11 ай бұрын

Great video! Perhaps its my eyes, but the ceiling geometry looks off at left and right at about center?

@porterspeed 9 ай бұрын

It appears that the wood moldings themselves were separating and beginning to sag at those locations. Did not appear to be an issue with the gear or user 😊

@JamesKerwin 9 ай бұрын

Could be, I am never perfect by any means - but I think the ceiling sags in this palace/castle (hence the closure).

@JamesKerwin 9 ай бұрын

Cheers for the belief! :-)

@onlysublime 11 ай бұрын

thank you so much for this video! I've always heard about these types of lenses and great they are for architectural photography. But this is one of the first videos I saw on a demonstration or tutorial of how to take these photos. Usually videos are talking heads who focus so closely on manipulating switches on the lens (or discussing the theory of TS lenses) and then show the end photo. I also have the R5 (love this camera and the RF lenses especially). Have you seen any news of upcoming RF tilt shift lenses for the near future? I would hate to dive in and then Canon releases new lens. I'm asking an opinion from you here too: And if they are on the horizon, what are your thoughts of picking up an EF version now versus waiting for an RF.

@JamesKerwin 11 ай бұрын

An RF version would be incredibly expensive honestly

@IanGrandadfatboyCarroll Жыл бұрын

Hello James. Thank you for the video above. I was prompted to explore the world of tilt shift lenses after a visit to York Minster very recently. I'm currently going through my images and realised that many of the images, although generally pleasing, would have benefited from being shot with a tilt shift lens. So much so, I'm seriously considering purchasing a tilt shift lens to add to my kit, as I find myself photographing buildings more and more. My question is: Is it a must to use an adapter ring to mount the lens? Right I'm off to view more of your videos to see what else I can learn.

@alan_varley Жыл бұрын

I believe that he is using the adapter because the lens is Canon EF-mount but the camera is Canon RF-mount. In this case the adapter is required. The adapter would not be required if he was using a Canon EF-mount camera such as a 5D.

@JamesKerwin 10 ай бұрын

Not sure what your camera is? The 5D? If so - a TS lens fits directly on that! Currently no RF ones on the market. Sorry for the delay!

@1duesy 11 ай бұрын

What focal length do you recommend for photographing, say, a 150 ft tall building approximately 75 from the base at ground level? Thx.

@JamesKerwin 11 ай бұрын

Hey! You would be correct to be honest, its an old building and 100% won't be straight. It's not far off - there is definitely not a chance I am not dead in centre! 😎

@Bimmly Жыл бұрын

What an amazing difference the TS lens makes !! I was wondering if it was possible to use multiple frames such as a panorama if you don't have a 17mm, say for example with a 24mm?

@JamesKerwin Жыл бұрын

Sure it is. If you go to the jome page of my channel I have a panoramic creation video. Also listed underneath this video. But I do have more coming specifically with the 24TS. Thanks!

@AFGautonompunk 11 ай бұрын

oh wow, thanks a lot for the educational part about that kind of lense, i've been pondering about getting one are you aware of any rf native third parties as of now ? as this mf would not break canon's policy on third party lenses inhibiting af. hope to learn more from you('re travels) !

@JamesKerwin 9 ай бұрын

I think Canon has banned third parties from making lenses. I am not 100% sure about it though. Best way would be use an adapter to use some of the older third party lenses. Like the laowa 15mm tilt shift perhaps?

@JamesKerwin 9 ай бұрын

Ohh and sorry for the delay in responding - bought an apartment, its been nuts here!