PHOTOGRAPHY EFFECTS IN LENS (PART 4: MOVE THE CAMERA)

January.04.2011 · Posted By - Paul

This tutorial concerns itself with camera movement (panning, shaking, rotating, and zooming) while the shutter is open.  Doing this presents a feeling of movement as well as a passage of time.  Photographs taken this way can vary from abstract to pure non-representational.  While most people try to hold cameras as steady as possible to avoid blur and camera movement some movement can be used to great artistic effect.  These images were taken with shutter speed usually between .5 to 2.5 …

PHOTOGRAPHY EFFECTS IN LENS (PART 3: THE LENSBABY AND DIY TILT-SHIFT)

December.01.2010 · Posted By - Paul

This blog is concerned with Lensbaby lenses as well as do it yourself tilt-shift lenses.  Some of the photographs in this blog were taken by me.  The photographs related to the DIY lens were taken by Shane Moss whose photography site can be visited here:  Rampant Photos

A Lensbaby is a special kind of lens used in photography.  It basically presents a circle of focus that can be moved in the frame through the use of a bellows or ball …

PHOTOGRAPHY EFFECTS IN LENS (PART 2: FISHEYE LENS – TAKING DISTORTION TO THE LIMIT)

November.06.2010 · Posted By - Paul

A fisheye lens is an extreme wide-angle lens that produces a curved hemispherical image.  While many people might dislike this kind of lens due to its extreme barrel distortion or optical aberration which causes straight lines to become extremely curved, others see it as a way to present the world in a new and creative way.

Because the fisheye lens is very wide (usually around 8mm) and barrel distortion is so high, distances become very non-compressed which causes object scales to …