The list of reasons I shoot with Lensbaby is long but today I’ll give you one reason. I like being creative! Looking back on my life I almost remember having a craft of some sort in my hands. I got that from my mom. My mom could sew! Self taught too. She made my Communion dress out of several different patterns. She like the top of one, the bottom of a different one. The sleeves of yet another. I don’t remember exactly how many patterns but I remember the comments from so many people on that day! I still have the curtains my mom made for the nursery when I was first pregnant with my oldest child. He’s 36 now and they hang in my garage. Every day I come in and out and know my mom is still with me! My mom did all kinds of other crafts too, like counted cross stitch and embroidery. My mom sent me to a neighbor who loved to knit for lessons and to a seamstress who would teach me to sew the “right” way. It was a combination of many things that drove me to be creative, but I’ve always needed a pattern or an inspiration of some sort to get started.
Photography is like that for me now. I learned how to take images by using a guide. I learned the rules. The more I looked at other’s people’s work though the more I wanted to explore the use of creative depth of field and blur and bokeh! It fascinated me and I wanted to learn how to achieve those results.. That’s when I found Lensbaby. Lensbaby makes getting those creative result so easy and I can do it in camera! I don’t have to rely on a program like Lightrooom or Photoshop to get results. I can do it camera. Lensbaby allows me to explore those creative needs within me. I can push those results a little or a lot or somewhere in-between. Lensbaby gives me the power and the desire to try things that a typical lens cannot achieve. Lensbaby gives me freedom to be the best creative me I can be!
The images below were both taken with the Velvet 28! #lensbaby #shootextraordinary #lensbabyambassador #velvet28
Dormant in Winter
Botany Bay Plantation Heritage Preserve | South Carolina