Sunday, March 13, 2011

Lens Baby for art sake

I took some personal time one afternoon (which is a VERY rare occasion!!!) and went to the French Quarter to just mess around and realized I had never really used my "lens baby". Its a funny little lens, with small bellows which you can bend and squish in all different directions which creates a distortion around the edges of the frame. This is how you control the focus, it is completely manual, no buttons or settings. My collegue Jamil gave it to me a long time ago and I had always been curious about it, never used it much since the application is more artistic than anything. Walking around I found some interesting textures, patterns and just funky stuff and had a blast! Here are a few favorites...