{"id":335,"date":"2010-07-19T23:14:40","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T04:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianwithaneye.com\/?p=335"},"modified":"2010-07-31T23:13:12","modified_gmt":"2010-08-01T04:13:12","slug":"lensbabies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianwithaneye.com\/site\/335\/lensbabies\/","title":{"rendered":"Lensbabies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>What in the world is a Lensbaby?<\/p>\n

Is that what you’re asking yourself?\u00a0 Sounds like something you’d get on TV for $19.95 if you didn’t know any better.<\/p>\n

I asked myself that the first time I had heard the word.<\/p>\n

As a Kansas City Photographer I have to be on the lookout for new & fun things to make life’s subjects look interesting…different..<\/p>\n

When I have on my Kansas City Aerial Photographer hat, I shoot with primarily a Nikon 70-200mm VRII lens… and, oddly enough- from the air.<\/p>\n

When I am the Kansas City Event Photographer, I use a wide range zoom, such as my Nikon 18-200 VR lens.<\/p>\n

And for interiors in architecture photography, I tend to use a super wide, Sigma EX 10-20mm zoom.<\/p>\n

For nudes…I will shoot with whatever is handy- or many times,\u00a0 just resort to internal memory only. Being a typical man, I tell people I have 8 gigs when it’s really just 6. (This joke is for sale. Please send your dollars now. No- really. If you all send just one, I might be able to get that Yugo I have my eye on.)<\/p>\n

But when I want to be a Kansas City Creative Photographer- I don’t just shoot away, click-click-auto-this-&-auto-that & then do the fancy photo manipulation & post production wizardry that you have to do on a bad photo to make it look like “something.” No, my friends. These are- “see-focus-check exposure-composition-click.”<\/p>\n

When I want a unique look & feel for my images, I turn to my Lensbaby.<\/p>\n

It is a very cool little lens that “bends” & “distorts” the photo around as you move the actual lens element & you have to be spot on with focus & exposure…no “auto” anything with this little camera creature.<\/p>\n

It is not for everyone. Photographers either love it- or leave it alone. I happen to love the little bugger.<\/p>\n

You are actually doing “selective focus” with this lens. If you will note in these photos, you will see an area “in focus” & then the rest just kind of goes Sa-wwoooosshhh -out of focus.<\/p>\n

Many may think that the photo is out of focus in general. I try to select an area of interest & draw the observer there. Depending on what depth of field I want, determines how large an area is in focus & I admit, it works better on some things than others.<\/p>\n

I bought my first one years ago & they have since improved. They now have several kinds of Lensbabies however, these were all taken with the original Lensbaby.<\/p>\n

It takes the “every day” & bends it up a bit. A blue berry looks like…well, I’m not sure. Possibly the Death Star on a mushroom trip.<\/p>\n

It isolates a quick candid of Buck O’Neil & draws you right to his wonderful face- and note the ladies in the background still oogling at the man. RIP, Buck. The city misses you.<\/p>\n

But-<\/p>\n

A classic microphone… an El Camino… Ladies undies…\u00a0 A heart sprinkle on a cupcake…\u00a0 A sax man… Phlox… A\u00a0 Liquid Drummer & a tiny Punkin’ in a Halloween scene.\u00a0 All bent a bit to make you look twice- or thrice.<\/p>\n

**Only 103 days, 0 hours & 45 minutes to Halloween at this posting.**<\/p>\n

And the Pony Express Stables look as if they were photographed just before they opened the gate for the first delivery. The first internet.\u00a0\u00a0 Not Dial Up- but Giddy Up.\u00a0 (This joke is also currently for sale.)<\/p>\n

Every good Kansas City photographer should have a few tricks in the camera bag & the Lensbaby is one of mine.<\/p>\n

Enjoy these unique views & subjects. I enjoyed capturing them & bringing them to you-<\/p>\n

There is a Lensbaby tab in my gallery. These photos & others reside there.<\/p>\n

The wedding section has been added to, as well. Please- look around. Tell a friend. Tell a co-worker. Make me busy.<\/p>\n

Nikon<\/p>\n

Lensbaby<\/p>\n

Peacebaby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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