I have been wanting to try the technique called freelensing for a while now. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it I’ll explain.
Freelensing, a photographic process that begins with the removal of your lens. Freelensers simply hold unattached lenses in front their camera’s exposed sensor, and delicately tilt it until focus emerges.
Hand-manipulating a lens will reinvent your focal plane, producing amazing macro and tilt-shift effects that were previously only possible with special glass.
The most exciting thing about photography, at least for me, is the constant learning. I haven’t taken my camera to a gathering of friends in a very long time. Taking photos of my friends last night just for the purpose of trying something new made me happy in ways that are hard to explain to someone who doesn’t understand the passion of photography. It feels good to know that maybe I’ll never really be done learning or trying new things. Photography is the most fun at these times, when it all seems new again.
This shot of my friends Matt and Francesca isn’t the best example of free lensing but it’s not bad for a first try. I can’t wait to practice and get better. If there is something you’re passionate about never stop learning. After all what’s the fun in that.
I was inspired to try freelensing because of a photographer I know through twitter by the name of Logan Hunt. Killer at free lensing. Such good work. Check out his website
This is a beautiful shot of a beautiful couple. :-)
Such a cool technique. I hope you do more with this.
Looks great! I’ve always wanted to try this!
So if I am thinking this through correctly, but it’s been about 7 years since my physics of light classesso I could be completely off — but by holding the lense by hand the focal plane is no longer parallel to the sensor so the skill is to get the correct tilt for the picture to focus on the subject(s) for a given distance from the camera/sesnor. So you get a depth of focus in the picture that is based on the angle of the plane because the light passing through the lense is no longer normal. That’s neat! I bet they use a similiar technique for 3D video cameras.