lensbaby has generously given me a lensbaby composer lens to review and work with. i am so excited to add this unique dimension to my work and i am taking the blog along with me as i learn something new.
i have long admired the work that deb schwedhelm and jefra linn have done with lensbabies and have wondered if i could incorporate the distinct look into my work as deb, jefra and i all have such different styles.
yesterday i took the lens out of the box and had a very short play with it. i think gemma gave me about 5 shots to figure it out (my kids are a tough crowd.) these were taken without bending the lens to adjust the “sweet spot” of focus as i was just trying to make sure that i could figure out how to focus (where the heck did i put my glasses?…this is like manual focus through a peep hole) and the metering. it proved very easy (found my glasses and the d3 diopter!) to do both, so in less than a half dozen shots, i was able to get these. i quite like them and i know that i can do some fun work with this lens.
this is just the beginning of many “learning lensbaby” posts to come. i decided not just to do one review, but a series of them as i grow with my new equipment.
it has only been two days, but what i have found out so far is that it is not so much if the lensbaby will fit with my style, but how i can expand my style to work with the new tool. i think it is very important to go out of my comfort zone to find new ways of seeing the world around me…look, an entire life lesson in one tiny lens.
coming soon, using the new lens with my studio lights and in some kid fashion shoots.
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very cool. look forward to seeing more!
Oh I love these!!! (And admire both Deb and Jefra's work too!) I agree with you: it's always good to stretch beyond your comfort zone and try new processes and techniques. Otherwise, how would we ever grow? Great work. I need to make more time to play with my lensbaby as well. I love it but it certainly isn't used as often as it should be. Thank you for the push ~ can't wait to watch your style grow and evolve!
So excited for this series! I got my LensBaby back in November (also have The Composer) and I love it. I've learned SO much.
lovely!
lensbaby is so fun!
just checked out their site – interesting…I can't wait to see what you do with it.
I'm jealous. I really want a lensbaby to play with. I always loved the tilt/shift in large format but certainly do not have enough dough for a large format camera. These are really fun shots.
that's a lens i've been convinced for a long time that i NEED
… can't wait to see how you use it