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A Lensbaby Artist: Roxanne Sahlin

Roxanne Sahlin is a long-time Lensbaby photographer and the co-founder (along with her husband Doug) of the Facebook group Lensbaby Artistry. A talented artist and mentor to many, she holds a spe...

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My First Glimpse Through The Twist 60

By Ana Rosenberg on 4/13/16A great Twist! That is what I get when shooting with the latest Lensbaby Twist 60. Shooting at a large aperture with this new lens creates a beautiful, swirly bokeh effec...

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Twist 60 Review by Rachel Shomsky

By Rachel Shomsky on 4/6/16Introducing Twist 60, a 60mm f/2.5 metal-bodied non-tilting lens that makes your subjects pop from their background, framed by delicious, twisty, swirly blur on full fram...

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Portland Jazz Fest Visual Essay

By Guy Brooksbank on 3/23/16Guy Brooksbank is a professional photographer and award-winning educator of visual media based in Portland, Oregon and Delray Beach, Florida. in 2009, Guy founded a non-...

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April Milani: Shooting Portraiture with the Edge 50

April Milani is a military wife, a homeschooling mother of two wild boys, saved by grace, taking one move at a time. Until she was introduced to Lensbaby, the "Nifty-Fifty" rarely left her Canon bo...

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Annette Lepple: A Garden of Imagination

Annette studied garden design in the UK and is based in France and Switzerland where she works as a garden designer, freelance garden writer and photographer. She’s mad about gardening and is enjoy...

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Pro Spotlight: Joye Ardyn Durham

Joye Ardyn Durham is the owner of the Gingko Tree Gallery in Black Mountain, North Carolina and is the lead photographer for Plough to Pantry quarterly magazine in nearby Asheville. Joye is widely ...

Hunt's Photo and Video Spotlight

Hunt's Photo and Video is New England's imaging equipment leader. Although they have eight locations around the New England area, Hunt's is still a family owned business that makes sure every clien...

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William Gray - Lensbaby and Film

By William Gray on 1/12/16William "Bill" Gray has worked in the motion picture industry for nearly 3 decades. Based out of Baltimore, Maryland, he's worked with Arris, Aatons and Panavisions, servi...

Camera Casino Spotlight

What are you seeing as a trend in sales?I see a trend in customers purchasing more DSLR and Point & Shoot cameras with long zoom lenses. The small pocket cameras are now taking a back seat to S...

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Amy Shutt Inspires Us

Amy Shutt learned photography almost 2 decades ago on analog cameras, film, and in the darkroom. She switched to digital in 2006 and is now a full-time professional photographer and instructor goin...

James Gross: Fisheye Adventures in Gritty LA

Tell us a little bit about yourself. What sparked your interest in photography initially?Well, I moved to Los Angeles from Denver in February of 2014 for a job opportunity. I've only had my Mark II...