In ski areas, you usually want deeper, but in the case of making Whistler and Blackcomb look like miniature models of an idealized alpine world, shallower is the trick: shallower depth of field. The narrow range of focus is what creates this very, very cool compilation of a day in the life of mini-WB by Switchback Entertainment, produced and director by shredding skier Mike Douglas.

Wallpaper Wednesday: New Zealand Dew
Solar-Powered Catamaran Makes 1st Circumnavigation
The Daily Bike, May 16, 2012
Street Artist Pastes Healing in Navajo Nation
Dirtbag Gourmet: Margaritas with Climber Kelly Cordes
Links We Like, May 16, 2012
Shelter Co. Is A Sweet Way to Camp
Fracking, Congress Endanger America’s Rivers
The Daily Bike, May 15, 2012
Declination: Dancing With Unexploded Bombs in Laos
The List: 10 Famous Bears
Links We Like, May 15, 2012
Why You Should Row Across the Atlantic
Gear Review: Chris King Coffee Tamper
Yellowstone’s Grizzlies are More Dangerous Than Glacier’s


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Here is a pretty cool tutorial of how to accomplish this ’tilt-shift’ effect in Final Cut:
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-create-real-tilt-shift-effects-final-cut-studio-342965/