The Art of Lensbaby Photography: Master your Lensbaby Equipment and Become a Better Photographer

Book Synopsis: Fabulous for Beginning to Advanced Photographers

The author, Doug Sahlin provides concise and detailed information on how to use your Lensbaby Optics and Lenses for creativity—right away! He takes the mystery out of each optic and lens with specific instructions in plain English with images too. In addition to how to best use your Lensbaby he gives ideas on what subjects might be best suited with aperture and focal length rationale too. Beginners and advanced photographers will find the benefits immediate and be able to shoot with their Lensbaby. Laura Lee Twining

If you’ve ever wished you could create compelling images with your Lensbaby equipment, this is the book for you. Written by professional photographer and Lensbaby Guru Doug Sahlin, “The Art of Lensbaby Photography”, shows you how to come to grips the Lensbaby Composer Pro II and all of the optics currently offered by Lensbaby. The authoritative guide also covers every Lensbaby lens—including the Velvet 85—and all of the discontinued Lensbaby bodies and optics.

In the first part of the book, Doug discusses important digital photography concepts you need to know in order to master your Lensbaby equipment. Then he discusses all of the Lensbaby optics and lenses as well as the accessories you can add to the Lensbaby hostel in your camera bag. This guide shows you everything you need to know to set up your digital camera for Lensbaby photography. But wait, there’s more…Lensbaby photography is all about being creative. In the latter chapters of this book, Doug shows you some techniques to be more creative with your Lensbaby equipment and also shows you how to become a more creative photographer. You’ll learn rules for composing your Lensbaby photographs, and learn when you can break them.

This authoritative resource contains the information you need to create compelling Lensbaby photographs. Included is a chapter on inspiration where Sahlin discusses Lensbaby images photographed by Roxanne and Doug Sahlin, who are affectionately known as: The Lensbaby Duo. In this chapter Doug and Roxanne discuss the reason why they created each image as well as which Lensbaby product and settings were use as well as how the image was post processed. There is also a chapter devoted to resources.

The book is lavishly illustrated with full-color photos. The book works with all Kindles, but is best viewed on a device with full color such as the Kindle Fire. The book also looks great on the Kindle app for the PC, Mac, and looks awesome on the Kindle app for the iPad.

If you’ve ever wanted a Lensbaby mentor on demand, this is the book for you.