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How I keep track of my specialty lenses after I take photos with them
How I keep track of my specialty lenses after I take photos with themI've had a few questions lately about how I keep track of my lenses after I take photos with them. These lenses are all manual - like the Lensbaby lenses and the Vintage lenses I love... so they...
Unconventional lenses – Old Car City with the Helios 44-2
I went up to Old Car City a few weeks ago to film a segment for the Tiny Details Macro Workshop, and while I was there I decided to shoot with the Helios 44-2 lens to make it a bit more exciting for myself. Old Car City is in White, Ga, just north of Atlanta. "With...
Unconventional lenses – Lensbaby Edge 50&80
Lensbaby Edge 50 & Edge 80 Earlier last year I went up to Gibbs Gardens to photograph the Daffodils in early spring. They have millions of them planted all throughout the grounds and woods. Definitely, a sight to behold. I was shooting with the Edge 80 on this...
Unconventional lenses – Lensbaby 3G
Lensbaby 3G This is an interesting lens to play with. It is an early Lensbaby lens that I got off eBay a while back to experiment with. I can say after playing with this lens quite a bit on each set I put up that it is a challenging little lens! This lens looks a bit...
Unconventional lenses – Lensbaby Sweet 50
Lensbaby Sweet 50 I've been using the Lensbabies for a long time now. I remember when the earliest ones came out and I got to see them at a camera show that came to town. I was not, however, using them from the very beginning because it was outside my budget for extra...
Unconventional lenses – Lomography Daguerreotype Achromat 64mm f2.9 Art Lens
I discovered another lens a few weeks ago that intrigued me and couldn't wait to get my hands on it. The Lomography Daguerreotype Achromat 64mm f/2.9 Art Lens. This lens is a lens modeled after the very first photography lens ever made - Chevalier's Achromat from...
Unconventional lenses – Lensbaby Velvet 56 & 85
It's no secret I love the Lensbaby Velvet lenses. I'd even go as far as to say they are my number one favorite lenses in my bag... and as you know by now - that is saying A LOT, since I have a slight addition to collecting art and vintage lenses! If I could only have...
Unconventional lenses – Using the Lensbaby Sol 45 with creative bokeh disks
I had the best idea come to me when I was taking some photos with the Lensbaby Sol 45 today in my tiny studio... I was talking about the aperture blades and how I wish they were interchangeable with other shapes in the blades in the original blog post I did on this...
Unconventional lenses – Lensbaby Sol 45 VS Lensbaby Sweet 50
I just did a post on the Lensbaby Sol 45 and decided to do a comparison post for you showing the differences it offers vs the Lensbaby Sweet 50... which is the lens most people will compare this to when asking how is it different and why would they want one or the...
Unconventional lenses – Lensbaby Sol 45
I got a new unconventional lens this week to play with. The Sol 45... from the Lensbaby company. It hasn't been that long since my last unconventional lens purchase and I was lamenting the fact that I have most of the ones I already wanted and was wondering what would...
Unconventional lenses – Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm
I got a new vintage lens off eBay this week!! Got the Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm. I get so excited when I get a new one in that I couldn't wait to hit the flower market for a few pretties to photograph. This lens creates a pretty, soft swirl in the background when...
Unconventional lenses – Peony Still Life With Meyer-Optic Gorlitz Oreston 50mm
I've been playing in my tiny studio this week with a beautiful Peony and some Ranunculus. I was experimenting with lots of different lenses on this set up to see how the lens choice changed the overall photo. In this collection, I was using the Meyer-Optik Gorlitz...