The Orton Effect

The Orton Effect is named after Michael Orton who first used the technique, one overexposed, one underexposed – creating this almost dream-like photograph.

Photoshop Tutorial – Three Layer Orton Effect by bobgcampbell

Bokeh Effects

Bokeh, from Japanese meaning "blur" or "haze" is a photographic term referring to the appearance of point of light sources in an out-of-focus area of an image produced by a camera lens using a shallow depth of field.  An in depth explanation of Bokeh can be found here at Toothwalker.org.

It is possible to use the Bokeh effect to create shapes from the out of focus points of light.  This tutorial explains how you can achieve this effect using a single piece of card and a pair of scissors.

This effect lends itself well on wet nights where there is a lot of artificial lighting such as street lights and traffic.

Harris Shutter

The Harris Shutter is a technique, rather than an actual piece of photographic equipment. The effect is produced bysimply taking three colour photographs on location, and then use software to take the Red channel from one exposure, combine with the blue and green channels from the other two photos, you can also correct any movement if the camera is inadvertently moved between exposures (although movement sometimes adds to the effect!).

Kite Photography

This form of photography involves a camera being lifted using a kite and is then triggered either remotely or automatically to take aerial photographs.  Instructions on the setup of your kite can be found here.

Zoom Bursting

This technique involves zooming while the shutter is open with a fairly slow shutter speed, generally below 1/60th of a second. For this reason low light or small apertures are required.  You can also get filters that achieve a similar effect from Cokin (I have just purchased one).

Tilt Shift Photography

Tilt-shift miniature faking is a process in which a photograph of a life-size location or object is manipulated so that it looks like a scale model.  By distorting the focus, you can simulate the shallow depth of field normally encountered withmacro lenses making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is.  A tilt shift lens can be purchased for this effect, or it can be achieved in post processing through Photoshop etc.  A great tutorial can be found here.

Fake miniature model, tilt & shift lens effect

Preview image by caruba