Los Angeles Digital Imaging Group Blog

For the past couple of years I’ve been having a lot of fun with what I consider to be one of the best creative capture tools available. No, its not a new camera or software plug-in. Its not a new RAW file processor or special light control/diffuser/bounce/softbox… etc… It is the “Lensbabie” a unique, low cost, selective focus lens available for most of the DSLRs as well as old school film SLRs (they even have a model for motion picture cameras with a PL mount). I’ve found that this little wobbly lens is a welcome relief from the hyper-technical, precise photography that I tend to do for advertising and commercial clients. Working with the selective tilt focus lens commits you to a certain look at the time of capture – no turning back! This is photography without the safety net of digital in the extreme and it informs your creative vision  in a way that few other approaches do. It also liberates you from the technical concerns of focus and chromatic aberration – hell everything is soft with blue fringe! Its definitely one way to turn an $8k digital camera into a $8 toy camera though it will set you back $100 – $200 depending on which model you go for. I do have a lot of fun with this … Here are a few samples of shot taken with the Lensbabie!