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Our favorite Facebook fan photos

We recently asked Lensbaby photographers on Facebook to share some of their best Lensbaby images shotwith some of our most popular lenses and optics, and tell us why they love them.Check out this s...

Victoria Hederer Bell, Painting with Photography

Victoria Hederer Bell is a photographer who lives in Wisconsin and takes breathtakingly beautiful photos of her children and her surroundings. Learn more about Victoria's photographic process and i...

archivephoto of mother and daughter in cuba

PRO SPOTLIGHT: Reid Callanan, Director of Santa Fe Photographic Workshops

Reid Callanan, the Director of the prestigious Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, talks a bit about how the workshop program came to be what it is today, and what sets it apart from other workshop pr...

INDUSTRY The Women Behind Clickin Moms

We are constantly inspired by the photographers sharing their work and knowledge at Clickin Moms, a photography forum of over 15,000 women that has developed into a huge learning and support commun...

4 steps to fisheye photos with amazing lens flare

What I Used: Lensbaby Scout Fisheye Optic Sun at "magic hour" Metadata: ISO 400, shutter speed 1/1600, aperture f/5.6, Over exposed by 1 & 1/3 stop How It Came Together: I wanted to use the lov...

Charles Needle Photography, How to Use Lensbaby in the Classroom

Charles Needle is an award-winning fine-art and nature photographer, and educator, based in Washington state. Read more about Charles' work and his teaching style, below. Also, get the inside track...

INDUSTRY Reid Callanan, Director of Santa Fe Photographic Workshops

Reid Callanan, the Director of the prestigious Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, talks a bit about how the workshop program came to be what it is today, and what sets it apart from other workshop pr...

Patrick Shipstad, How to Generate Creativity in the Studio

(model: Rana McAnear)Patrick Shipstad is a fashion and commercial photographer based in Los Angeles. Read about Patrick's journey to becoming a professional photographer and how he makes his work s...

Photographing Your Dog with a Lensbaby

Who doesn't love a cute dog photo? We've got quite a collection of cute Lensbaby dog photos, to make you smile and send you into your weekend with ideas for your own photos. We challenge you to tak...

FILM & VIDEO: Macro Converters and Soft Focus

Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic Video from Lensbaby on Vimeo.

Getting Prehistoric with the Edge 80 Optic

There are many things about the Composer Pro and Edge 80 optic that take us back to the fundamental roots of photography. But Edge 80 can take us back even further - back to the Jurassic. As the Ma...

Depth of Field Tips

Your chosen depth of field - controlled by your aperture - can dramatically change the feel of your image.Photographer Sam Gray took these gorgeous photos of dogwood trees with his Composer Pro wit...