My Rebel - Michigan Child Photographer

I can barely contain my excitement!!! My son NEVER lets me shoot him..not without a whole lot of begging.pleading.bribing.. tonight..or this evening rather...I only had to beg a little. He actually let me shoot him! Really muggy out and my lens kept fogging up, the bugs were horrible and I had sweat dripping in my eyes. But I can tell you it was ALL worth it.

I love making images of this kid. He doesn't smile, but you get totally lost in his deep eyes, so I love it. He has this mysterious look about him. A touch of a bad boy appeal...yet the sweetest kid (most of the time) you'd ever meet. I think I do want to hide him away though, because all the little girlies go crazy for him. He's growing up so fast on me. I was looking at some of his images just from last year and can't get over the maturity that has taken over his features...(sometimes his attitude as well). He's almost as tall as me now, his feet are the same size as mine...I know the tween years are supposed to be the awkward years...but this kid seems to be passing over awkward into a young man. BOO HOO...can't we just keep them little for longer?

Anyway...meet my son...a little bit of rebel...but he is not without a cause.

I just love you to pieces Hunter!

Free Lensing

Free Lensing :

Free Lensing

What is free lensing?

Luke Roberts gave a pretty straight forward definition.

“ Photos taken with the lens detached from the camera but held in place and moved around to focus. This also lets extra light in sometimes causing light leaks and giving a vintage look and feel.

Also:
* Gives extra bokeh by shrinking the area in focus (aperture is 0)
* Allows for super macro shots
* Delicious light leaks
* Tilt-shift effects “

I've been wanting to play around with free lensing for a while...so today I took the time to play. Both with free lensing and free lensing backwards. Free lensing backwards, it making a photo with the lens off AND held backwards.

This is not as easy as it sounds, nor is always safe for your camera body, your sensor or your lenses. It's very difficult to hold that lens still, let alone your camera body (tripod may make it easier). With the lens off you are risking dirt, dust and other debris getting onto your sensor, also..it's risky that you might drop your lens.

I dared it, I had fun.

Lenses used for this little project: 50mm 1.8 and kit lens 18-55 mm.

I will keep trying this, I am thinking it will take a lot of practice to perfect the technique...though part of the charm (for me) in free lensing is the imperfections themselves.

Here is a free lensing collage of the images I made today.