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Photographic Experiments with Roses

Published: Sat, Jun 01, 2019
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Burnside 35, Double Glass, Flower Photography, Lensbaby, Lensbaby Blog Circle, Photo Technique, Photography, Sol 45, Velvet 56
Tags: flower, Lensbaby, Lensbaby Blog Circle, Photography, rose

Welcome to my June 1 Lensbaby Blog Circle post! For this post I used the dried up roses my daughter gave me for Mother’s Day. My goal was to experiment with them and see what I could create. I set a few limitations for myself:

  1. I would only use Lensbaby lenses (since I was shooting for this post)
  2. I would only use natural light and some light modifiers – light reflectors, light softeners and flags (these add shadow)
  3. I would take all the photos from a tripod

Here is my setup, showing my wonderful assistant, Destiny as well:

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Anniversary Lilies

Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2019
Written by GizellaN
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Categories: Blog, Flower Photography, Lensbaby, Photography, Twist 60
Tags: Easter Lily, flower, Lensbaby, macro photography, Twist 60

Today my husband surprised me with a gorgeous bouquet of lilies. It was an anniversary present; we met 18 years ago today, on a very snowy day in Denver, when the power was out in many homes. But we had a wonderful first date at the local On the Border restaurant. My lucky day…

I used the Lensbaby Twist 60 for all images, but the second two were done with macro lenses.

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