Lensbaby lenses
, a line of special lenses for a variety of digital SLR cameras, are known for the artistic effects they create.
Photographing food is as much about creating an appealing visual as it is about taste, so Lensbaby lenses are ideal for adding flashy and creative effects that make the food you photograph stand out enough to make your viewers' mouths water.
Using Lensbaby lens effects can help you create the professional food images that could get your food photography featured in print or on the web.
Instructions
1. Plan the layout of your food. Before using the Lensbaby lens, compose your photograph with vibrantly colored foods arranged on elegant dinnerware. Add a tablecloth that complements the dinnerware. If possible, set up your subject in natural light whether it is the sun shining through the window or even outside on a picnic table.
2. Attach Lensbaby Muse lens to your camera. Pull the front element of the lens back toward your camera until you find the area of the food you want to highlight. A motion blur effect will radiate out from the center point. Move the lens up, down, left or right to change the central focus of the photograph. Snap your photograph and the image will come out with the center, highlighted element in focus and the rest of the image softly motion blurred. This is an ideal effect for highlighting a main course in the center of a lavish food buffet.
3. Place the Lensbaby Composer on your digital camera to capture a predefined area with an added smoothing effect. Focus the Composer in the same way you focus the Muse. Twist the lens to fixate on the area you want to place in a soft, smooth blur. Use this effect to capture elegant candlelight dinner settings.
4. Photograph food textures with the Lensbaby Control Freak. Place the lens on your camera and rotate it left or right to focus, then snap away. This filter has a macro capability which lets you capture water drops on vegetables or the juices on a mouth-watering slice of turkey breast. The macro effect takes place on the area of the image you set to focus, while the rest of the image takes on a soft motion blur.
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