Guest Post from Sneakers Over Stilettos

11/28/2011

Hello Stuff I Love readers. I am Amber, the blogger behind Sneakers Over Stilettos. I am a fashion stylit turned photographer and Momma to Ethan and Peyton. I take way to many photos, love to get dressed up everyday, and basically just love to create things. Especially with Ethan and Peyton.

When Cat asked if I would like to write a guest post I thought I would write a tutorial on one of my favorite photography tricks. Free lensing is a fun way to create art with your photos.

You should know that free lensing is not for the faint of heart. But if you are adventourus like I am then you will love this!

Because free lensing involves detaching the lens from the camera I like to use a 50mm lens. Thats right you read right, detach the lens!

Step One: Focus on your Subject.

Step Two: Very carefully detach the lens from the camera.

Step Three: Slightly tilt the lens in any direction making one part of your photo in focus and the rest out of focus.

* When do this you want to still try and keep the lense as close to the camera as possible to prevent dust getting on to your shutter, and also trying to and not let a lot of light in the photo.

Here are some examples of free lensing that I have done.

The two photos on the left are my before photos, and the two on the right are the free lens shots.

One other thing I love about free lensing is how there is a slight curve or tilt shift in the photo. Making a little more unique then a standard photo shot with a prime lens.

Thanks for reading my free lens tutorial I hope you will come stop by my blog and check out some more of our adventures and photography!

xoxo Amber

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