When someone lends you a beautiful object to photograph, like this violin, don’t forget to capture the details — all the gorgeous beautiful details. The setup Placing a timber look backdrop (printed on Tyvek) on an ottoman in front of my window and staged the scene. I wanted to keep
If the Sweet optic is your first foray into the Lensbaby world, you might be in for a steep learning curve, but a few helpful tips and I’m sure you will be well on your way to enjoying the Sweet life too. What is the Sweet optic? Just to catch
The Lensbaby Sweet 80 is a quirky little lens which allows for a sweet spot of focus and the rest of gorgeous swirly blur and bokeh. It’s a completely manual focusing lens and has an aperture dial. This little optic is designed to fit in the Composer Pro II, which
During this whole lockdown situation of 2020 and 2021, I have spent a great deal of time trying to stay creative and inventive. I’ve spent a LOT of time shooting macro and still life. After spending quite a while fence-sitting, I finally decided to jump into Lensbaby lenses. I already
The Photofocus Community has been continuing to grow. With that comes interesting engagement and conversations. Questions and answers. There are daily themes, weekly challenges and, of course, images shared. This week in the community, we had a couple of interesting discussions I’d like to share with you. Lensbaby discussion for
Are you looking for something to add a vintage or retro vibe to your images? Do you really like light flares, double exposures and that creative Avante-guard look to spice up your images? Try adding a creative twist with Lensbaby’s OMNI Creative Filters and the Color Expansion Pack. The original
Flowers are magical. The first thing I photographed with my first camera was a flower in my yard. It was the perfect subject because it was beautiful, colorful and it didn’t move around. I sat there practicing on it every day, trying out all the camera’s settings and learning how
Most of us have to stay at home much more than we used to. But as creative photographers, we can use this time to learn new genres of photography. These are my first experiments with macro photography. Keeping expenses low I wanted something simple. I have minimal equipment and wanted
Being stuck at home doesn’t need to stunt our creativity. With just a few simple items that you probably already have around the house, we can create interesting images and have fun experimenting by doing macro photography. You have many items around the house that would be fascinating to explore
I’m stuck at home a lot. You probably are as well. But we can still experiment and be creative with our photography — and it doesn’t need to cost very much. Keeping expenses low I wanted something simple. I have minimal equipment and wanted to experiment with items found around
Lensbaby is a company all about bringing creativity into photography. Taking you beyond the tech side and pushing you past the limitation of your equipment, combining it with a wild, creative side. Doing so allows you to take your photography so much further, turning a pretty photo into a work
Lensbaby has announced the launch of its new Color Expansion Pack for the OMNI Creative Filter System, which was launched in June 2019. The OMNI System is an elegant solution to shooting through handheld objects like crystals, engineered to make distinct and compelling in-camera effects. With the Color Expansion Pack,
