I digg photography. I really digg photo apps that run on my iPhone. I wanted to share with you an app called TiltShift which I recently downloaded that I think is awesome.

What does “tilt shift” mean? Basically it’s selective focus. The super-fancy definition = Tilt shift comprises of two parts, the tilt and the shift. Both of these involve moving the lens in relation to the film plane. The main historical use was for architectural photography- the lens could be tilted to also tilt the focal plane, meaning that the photographer could have things both near and far in focus at the same time (source).

Anyways, back to how cool this app is. First, it’s cheap- priced at $0.99. It allows you to take any photo you’ve snapped with your iPhone and drag, stretch, pivot a red circle to indicate which portion of the photo you’d like in focus. The app will take care of blurring the rest of the photo for you. You can even choose the intensity of the blur. Take a look at the before and after photos (below). This app is great for getting creative with your photos- without even having to launch photoshop! I’ve started using it and love it. If you’re following my flickr stream or me on Facebook, you’ll see photos upped using this app in the near future …it’s awesome! You can download it here.

Do you use any other great iPhone photo applications? Share it! Tell me in the comments.

BEFORE photo

AFTER photo