Being someone who is always looking to stand out with my photography I found the Sol 45 to give me that unique look in portraits that I can't get with any other lens.

I’m always on the lookout for rainbows, and if I can’t find them then I’ll try to create them.

Ally was born and raised in Las Cruces, NM, and has spent half a decade in Appleton, WI. She is a wife and mother, and animal lover. She relies on her coffee every morning, and will never turn down a chocolate-chip cookie. She is obsessed with photography and will sit for hours discussing the ins and outs of the art. She has always had a camera in hand, dating back to the Kodak disposable cameras from her childhood. As technology has advanced, she has kept up with the trends, and now finds herself mainly shooting with a Sony mirrorless camera. She currently dedicates most of her time to documenting her family adventures.

Alma is a creative product and book cover photographer living in Asturias, in northern
Spain. Mother of a girl and human of a Swiss white shepherd and a Bengali cat.
She purchased his first lensbaby lens, the Trio 28mm, in 2018. Since then, She has been
creating and growing thanks to lensbaby lenses and the creative possibilities they
offer.

Amber is a creative soul with a passion for story telling photography. Hailing from Calgary, Alberta she loves quality time with her family, the great outdoors, fly fishing and really good coffee (preferably enjoying all those things at the same time). 

“Lensbaby allows me to create magic from the mundane”

 

British born, American basedArt Historian.Amyloves capturing the beauty in the every day from the endless Midwest landscapes to the small details in life. Havingspent a large portion of her life studying the art of others she enjoyscreativetechniques and experimentation within her own photography.

Amy Smith is a  Lensbaby lover currently calling the Louisville, Kentucky area  home. She is super excited and proud to be a  Lensbaby Ambassador as well as a  Click Community Mentor. She shoots a wide variety of genres and subject matter, with  concentrations on food, commercial, and branding photography/videography,  as well as photographing and exploring with her camera and her drone, the  beautiful landscapes and animals around her, and wherever her travels take her.

“Anything that helps make my work stand out against the myriad of photographers in the world (let alone in my very saturated city) is a must-have- and the Omni Creative Filter System is my greatest tool!”

As a nature photographer specializing in flower photography, Anne’s greatest passion lies in seeing and capturing the beauty of flowers and botanicals up-close. It is the small, often unnoticed details that draw Anne to her subjects – the lines, patterns, textures, curves and unique personality of each subject. It is her belief that if we slow down and look at nature in a more contemplative way, we will find subjects that convey impact and emotion.

With a lifelong involvement in the arts and a deep love of nature that started in childhood, photography became a perfect way for Anne to share her vision of the natural world with others. She has been photographing since she was given her first camera at the age of ten. Her career as an art therapist reinforced her belief in the healing power of both art and nature. Anne’s goal as an educator is to help others see in new ways, unleash their creativity and bring their heart into their photography.
Anne is a team member and instructor for Out of Chicago Photography - www.outofchicago.com. She also presents at conferences throughout the country and teaches private workshops. As a Lensbaby Ambassador, she is passionate about using and teaching others about their creative lenses to enhance artistry and bring emotion into their work. She is firmly committed to the idea that we should never stop learning, growing, experimenting and having fun with photography.

"To conquer without peril, we triumph without glory; Lensbaby is my peril."

Annick is a French Canadian visual storyteller who likes infusing everyday life with the fine arts. Sheis the author of the photography e-courseFleeting to Timeless: Composing Stories that Last a Lifetime and loves mentoring other photographers. She is based in beautiful Québec City, Canada.

Love and laughter comprise the primary subject matter for Vancouver Island-based
photographer Ashley Marston. An award-winning and published Birth, Lifestyle &
Documentary photographer/filmmaker (and busy mother of three), Marston strives for
images that capture those two staples of family relationships, as well as the quiet
moments that might otherwise go unseen. Always seeing life through a lens, Marston
also photographs her own family daily, cherished images she shares on Social Media
through her year-long A Daily Occurrence project. Whether the photographs capture
moments with her family or a client, storytelling is the heart of all her work

My goal in photography is not necessarily to achieve the technically perfect image but instead to capture a feeling, a mood, to bring the viewer into the photograph for a look around or to just say WOW and the Velvets help me achieve that.

was born, raised and still resides in Richmond, VA.  With a love of all living things, she has an artful eye for detail, color, and light.  Her work is mainly focused on pets, lifestyle portraiture, and nature.

Lensbaby's magical bent, blurry, and swirly effects are spot on for my photography style.

I learnt to let go, to stop trying to seek the dissatisfaction that comes with ‘perfection’. I found beauty and emotion in the imperfect, I discovered the beauty that resides in the freedom to create without rules.

When I work with macro photography or portraits, my Edge 80 always leaves me with great satisfaction, the softness of the blurs where I select that I want the blur and at the same time the incredible definition it gives in the focused areas, has made my photographs always leave me and my clients happy. I love working with a gear that identifies me and allows me to have an original style, because I achieve results that only this optician can give me.

Carol Vipperman is a Seattle, Washington-based photographer. I started taking my camera with me on my daily walks around my neighborhood and found that I loved taking photos of flowers. My first and lasting joy is capturing the energy and personality that exists in each flower. My photography has opened up my creativity in surprising ways. I look for the energy and personality in everyday things, such as boat reflections on Lake Union, light bouncing off buildings, neighborhood pets, or the local classic 1949 Studebaker truck. Everything has the possibility of becoming art. 

Cathy Kuhlman is a self taught photographer who loves pushing the limits of light of focus in her work. You’ll find her using nature as her subjects, from the smallest details in her macro work through to the largest landscapes and everything in between. She loves finding the beauty and the emotion that nature offers!

Ceri Herd is an internationally exhibited and published photographer, Click Pro and Lensbaby Ambassador from the UK. She
developed her unique photographic style living in the Arizona desert and later the forests of Massachusetts. Now back in the
UK, Ceri’s images are characterized by her love of in-camera creative techniques: double exposures, intentional camera
movement, shooting through objects and the extraordinary blur created by Lensbaby lenses.

Charlotte E. Johnson is an award-winning photography educator specialising in fine-art portraiture and Photoshop. She is a columnist for NZ Photographer Magazine, a mentor on behalf of the Photographic Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) and has presented workshops for the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) as well as local photography groups. Charlotte uses Lensbaby lenses to help her achieve an ethereal, painterly quality to her artwork. Find out more at her website.

The first time i watched my footage back using the SOL45
i knew i had found something special, something totally
unique that would make my films stand out

Lensbaby is artistic freedom. It’s the ability tohave endless possibilities of uninhibited creativity.

Kapuschinsky is a self-taught, internationally recognized, award-winning fine artist specializing in rich, emotive monochromatic imagery. Using her maiden name in her photography is a way of paying homage to her father for sparking her love of photography when she was a child. Having six young children of her own, she finds her soft spot in artistic lifestyle portraiture but also enjoys delving into architecture, nature, and the abstract.

“I make photography with my soul, capturing different moments of my life. I see the world differently through the lens of my camera; it has taught me to notice beauty when sadness surrounds me.

I’ve always been fascinated by people. I like looking at them, studying their characteristics, their reaction, getting to know their stories. I believe each human being is unique, beautiful and unpredictable.

I won many photography competitions including: National Award 2021 Sony World Photography Awards, National Award 2016 Sony World Photography Awards, BenQ 2019 PhotoVue Competition, PWP’s 37th Anniversary International, Shoot The Face International Portrait Photography Award, TZIPAC, Px3, IPA, 35photo awards and many more.

My photographs have been exhibited in places such as London, Krakow, Dublin, Vermont, New York, Vienna, Cairo, Rome, Switzerland, Athens, Moscow, India, France (Saint Gilles Croix de Vie) and many more.

My works have appeared in various publications & websites including: Lensbaby, Adore Chroma Magazine, Silvershotz Magazine, Professional Photographer Magazine Uk, PH magazine, Worbz, Blur Magazine, Camera Obscura Journal, DPI Magazine, Tribe Magazine, Musse magazine, Foto4all, CHIP Foto Video, Photo Magazine, Fine Art Photo Magazine, Lookslikefilm, Seamlessphoto, 1x.com, N-Photo Magazine, Practical Photography Magazine, 121clicks.com and many more.”

Lensbaby allows me to find the magic in the every day moments and shoot creatively to breakthrough mental barriers.

 

Crystal is a work-at-home mom of 4. She is a hobbyist photographer who picked up a camera when she started to have kids in order to capture their lives. Crystal is passionate about memory keeping and creating a legacy for those who come after her. Life is hard and also fleeting, so she is determined to capture those everyday moments and show them for the magic that they really are. 

Photography has also been a huge part of her mental health therapy and she fully believes that creative photography, and Lensbaby in particular, has helped to save her life. Crystal is an advocate for empowering others on their mental health journey by sharing her own experiences and the work that she has personally done and still does every day, in which photography plays a very vital role.

 

 

Started as a food photographer but later on I found freedom in the streets. I am professional photo and videographer who balancing between high profile clients and at my free time I love be on  the streets and shoot alone. I like create and view different and an artistic way. That is why I don’t like to categorize myself because I even like shoot weddings and fashion as well even portraits. I also have a You tube channel where I entertain and teach photography in a creative way.

For me, Lensbaby is courage to create beyond the ordinary!

 

Danielle Thurman Trina is an internationally awarded and recognized, children's fine art photographer in Colorado Springs, CO. Her work has been published in numerous publications, education platforms and galleries. Danielle is a well-respected artist in the photography community serving as an instructor and expert artist for Unraveled Academy, Finding North Photography Education and The Milky Way. Danielle also earned her place as a master artist for Click Pro 2020 and as a Lensbaby ambassador in 2021.

I started taking photographs with an old Zenit B and a Helios 44 lens that belonged to a friend in about 1972. When I went to University, I started B&W developing and printing because I was a photographer for the student paper.

I studied engineering and photography was a hobby, developing and printing in the bathrooms of various houses until I returned to university and became a lecturer, first in the Mathematics department and, later, in the Art School teaching Sound engineering, cinematography and photography.

Lensbaby came into my life in 2014 when I was looking for a way to get similar effects to freelensing without the damage to the cameras that it caused. I retired in 2018 and moved to France where I spend a lot of time doing photography and woodwork. We are doing some house renovations and I built my first real darkroom in the old barn where I have two enlargers and the ability to investigate old processes like Cyanotype and alternative processes like Caffenol. I now use mainly Nikon mirrorless cameras.

I met Craig Strong at a Photography Show in 2017 and in 2019, at the same Photography show, I was invited to be one of the staff on the Lensbaby stand. I have a fairly extensive collection of Lensbabies from one of the first, hand built ones to the latest Spark 2.

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Deb Schwedhelm was originally trained as a Registered Nurse and subsequently spent 10 years employed as an Air Force Nurse. Although she has been passionate about photography since her early 20s, it wasn't until Deb left the military that she was finally able to pursue the medium as a full-time career.

Deb’s work is a visual memoir that narrates the self actualization of an artist. Deb’s use of storytelling depicts a lifetime of arrivals and departures. Her work dances with a primal vulnerability and divine mystery. Each transition in her photography opens a new chapter of the story, giving a visual voice to the storyteller.

 

Deb's photographs have been exhibited widely and selected for multiple private and permanent collections. She has been featured and interviewed in numerous publications throughout the world. Deb has received awards from Slow Exposures, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Texas Photographic Society, PhotoNOLA, MPLS Photo Center, The Perfect Exposures Gallery, A. Smith Gallery, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, and The Art of Photography Show. Most notably, Deb’s work was featured on CNN, she received first prize in PhotoNola’s portfolio review, and she was named one of the Top 50 in Critical Mass.

After 25 years of relocating their home every couple of years with the military, Deb’s husband retired from the Navy in 2019. Deb and her family reside in Williamsburg, Virginia, but she hopes to be living on a sailboat, traveling the Americas, in the next five years.

I love that I can create images with an almost surreal quality right in-camera, without the need for a lot ofphoto editing to enhance my vision of the world.

 

 

“Lensbaby inspires me to create art in a way that speaks to my soul.”

Photography is my passion. It gives me the creative outlet I need to feed my soul. I am inspired by the beauty of nature, whether it be a gorgeous seascape, woodland forest, colorful sunset or detail of a flower. I especially love macro photography because it forces me to slow down, study details and capture the beauty of things that may often be overlooked. One of my favorite things to do is use one of my Lensbaby lenses along with a creative technique such as shooting through a prism, a piece of copper pipe or one of the Omni filters.
I also love photographing our furry friends. As a veterinarian, I know that our pets add so much love and joy to our families. I enjoy capturing their personalities and little details that make them unique.
Although a New Yorker at heart, my home is now in beautiful Southern Oregon where I live with my family and two spoiled rotten felines.

“I find creative passion by envisioning and capturing the world surrounding me and the lightthat permeates it with the dreamlike, magical, unique focus these lenses provide.”

Liz finds joy in light and life. Her inspiration comes from the beauty of the everyday moments,the blessings of God's amazing creation. She lives in her hometown in South-CentralPennsylvania with her family where she practices occupational therapy in early intervention,runs, hikes, and bikes in the nearby forests and farmlands, and creates art and vision throughthe lens.

 

Emma Davis is a photographic storyteller who lives in Sydney, Australia, with her six children aged between 3 - 18. She is a photography instructor and mentor at Click Love Grow. Emma is obsessed with color, chaos, and blur. She is passionate about documenting the beauty in all those ordinary little moments that make up our everyday lives.

As cliché as it sounds, I’ve always said that the first time I used one of these lenses I felt as though I’d come home, as though that last puzzle piece had finally slotted into place and I was free to be exactly who I was. Almost all of my work these days is shot using my Edge 35, a lens that allows me to shoot work that feels exciting and authentic to my individual voice.

My name is Erin Harrigan, I am a photographer based in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I guess you could say my love for the outdoors has made me a landscape photographer, but in my heart, I am an aspiring storyteller. I enjoy getting creative with my photography and challenging traditional perspectives.

For me, the Lensbaby products open up more creativity options than any other brand.

Choose from awesome accessories for lens flares or mor that makes every creative person happy.

Gerri enjoys photographing all subjects and especially the challenge of new ways to see through the creative use of Lensbaby lenses.  She is a Lensbaby Ambassador.

Gerri has been a featured speaker/instructor at regional camera conferences including Mike Moats Macro Convention, Hazel Meredith’s Creative Photography Conferences, New England Camera Club Council (NECCC) Photo Conference and Out of Chicago Conferences.  Gerri also instructs in creative photography presentations with camera clubs, in person or online.

Gerri’s images have been featured in several publications, commercial propsals and she also has reviewed several photography books for development by Focal Press Publications.  Her images have received several first place awards in national and regional photo competitions.

Gerri resides in Buffalo, New York. 

 

“Composer pro with sweet 35 and 50 optic create extraordinary blur effect that help me to get dreamy and poetic impression in my work, which I can not get from any other lens”

Hollie Jeakins is a photographer residing in Ontario, Canada with her husband and two children. She enjoys using vintage and Lenbaby lenses to capture childhood moments, food, people and products in a way that creates compelling stories that evoke feelings of nostalgia from the viewer.

Holly is a natural light photographer and mentor who lives with her husband and 3 daughters in Michigan. Her style lies somewhere in a gray area between lifestyle and fine art photography.  She is drawn to capturing authentic emotion with brilliant light and thoughtful compositions. She loves using rich colors and light in creative ways to shape her subjects and create a mood. Holly shoots with a Nikon Z6, and a variety of prime and Lensbaby Lenses.

Hope is a hobbyist photographer, wife, boy mom of 2, fur mom of 1, lover of horror movies and dancing at concerts. She loves to photograph the lives of her two young boys as they naturally unfold and mostly shoots lifestyle and documentary images. Her work is also sprinkled with portraits, self-portraits, macro, abstract and street photography.

" Lensbaby allows my creativity and visions become reality when I am creating my images."

 

Photography has become my passion, especially since my retirement several years ago.  When I photograph my subject, I try to reflect on how my subject makes me feel, whether it be a flower, animals in nature, or landscapes.  Lensbaby lenses and Omni filters give me so many more options to express myself in my images!

Jamie Konarski Davidson is an award-winning freelance outdoor & nature photographer with a passion for capturing and sharing the intimate moments and beauty of the natural world on its own and as it blends with the "rest of the world." Her images range from macro and abstracts to intimate, grand and rural landscapes. She connects with all things "old" and finds a special beauty in decay and fading cultural lifestyles that resonate a life of hard work. Jamie is enamored with flowers of all kinds. In fact, if someone told her she could only photograph one subject for the rest of her life, it would be flowers. Her interpretive style reflects that "love" of the blooms along with an intentional approach. Through her company, New Life Photos, Jamie leads photo workshops, teaches and presents at conferences and other events. Her goals as an instructor are to encourage and inspire people to grow in their photography skills and discover their own visual voice.