Making TTG Photos
Advanced tips
The basics are here.
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1. All of TTG’s requirements are listed on two pages
Most of the pages on this site are amplifications of these two pages:
1. The Trust Test
2. TTG’s Allowable Changes
The Ineligibles and Disregard lists may also be helpful
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2. “Light”-related aspects
• TTG puts no limit on “light”-related changes other than that “the combined result of all such changes has to meet P7.”
• Most cameras produce TTG-eligible photos by default when set to their automatic modes and not programmed to execute any “lighting” (or other) effects.
• But TTG photographers who manually make “light”-related changes must be aware that such changes can easily disqualify a photo from TTG.
Guide to making “light”-related changes
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3. Combining exposures
Smartphones usually do this seamlessly and instantly.
But TTG photographers who want to combine exposures outside of the automation in a smartphone will encounter some major restrictions:
Guide to combining exposures
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4. Bokeh/fokeh
TTG photographers have almost infinite leeway with respect to lens aperture and focus.
But introducing fokeh (non-optical bokeh blur) always disqualifies a photo from TTG, as does the “toy city” look.
Guide to focus and bokeh/fokeh
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5. Perspective/correction
TTG photographers can position the camera anywhere they choose.
But once the light through the lens hits the sensor (or film), as per P2 nothing in the photo can be reshaped in order to change or “correct” the apparent perspective.
FAQ on perspective correction
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6. Long exposures
• If the scene is motionless and unchanging, TTG photographers can make “a single uninterrupted exposure” of any length as long as the result meets P7 for non-misrepresentation.
• But if the scene has movement or change in it, TTG photographers may face limits to the length of that “single uninterrupted exposure,” as per P4 and P5.
Guide to long exposures
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7. Panning and camera shake
TTG allows for two common kinds of camera movement during exposure:
• Panning is allowed by TTG in single-exposure photos but not in multiple-exposure photos (the latter results in SMP or ghost effects)
• Slight camera shake doesn’t disqualify photos from TTG unless it is excessive enough to keep the photo from meeting P7
Guide to panning and camera shake
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8. Depicting motion
Some motion-related effects are allowed by TTG.
But others are not.
Guide to photographing motion
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9. Using flash
Not disqualified from TTG:
• Normal use of flash for subjects that are motionless and unchanging
Disqualified from TTG:
• Non- simultaneous flash bursts from different directions
• “Light painting”
• Multiple flash bursts on a moving subject
• Removing flash reflections
Guide to using flash