As I typed the title I had to pause for a minute to consider the weight of those words. What exactly is extraordinary? Actioning to Google it’s” the very unusual or the remarkable”. According to Merrian-Webster is “going beyond what it usual or regular.” Does it look the same for me as it does for you? Probably not. Does that matter? Probably not.
The people that be at Lensbaby posted a question to the lensbaby ambassadors “Why you shoot Lensbaby?” I think the simple answer is because it’s not the usual or the ordinary. The real answer goes much deeper though. Lensbaby fills a need in our creative souls. It allows us to express part of us we can’t create with an ordinary lens. I’m not discounting those ordinary lenses, either. Not by any means. There are times when that’s what the vision needs. But then there are times when we need more. We need different.
My whole life I’ve been a rule follower. I find comfort in knowing where things are because I keep them in the same place. I find comfort in knowing that I’ll arrive safely on a trip because people follow the rules of the road. Something changes, though, when I pick up my camera. Then when I add anyone of my Lensbabies, I know I’m going to get lost in that moment ahead. I’m going to get high from the beauty I see in my viewfinder. I’m going to push limits I never dreamed of pushing. Behind a Lensbaby I don’t have to follow any rules. I can add blur, pull focus, and alter reality, even.
Lensbaby lenses are created to allow you and me to explore light and lines and blur in a way a typical lens doesn’t allow. They take us to a new dimension. They shift our vision from something ordinary, something that can be taken with any camera to something unique to us. Unique to you. Unique to me.
Shooting with a Lensbaby frees my mind from the comfort zone I know and allows me to challenge myself to find new depths of creativity.
This image was created using a:
Nikon D750 | #lensbaby | #Velvet56 | #OmniWand
IS0 800 | 1/200 sec
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