Lens, lens baby...

Continuing with the camera effects theme from my last two posts – here are some options on attachable lenses that create effects. Photographer Chung Dha shows the basics of free lensing or lens wacking which involves shooting images through an old camera lens to create lens tilt and light leak effects. A Bokeh kit can also make interesting effects and utilizes a circular piece with a cut-out shape that attaches to the front of the camera. Jelly Lens makes effect lenses for camera phones, and Lensbaby lenses work with digital SLR cameras. Angilee uses Lensbaby quite a bit, and finds that they deliver results  as beguiling as the plastic cameras, but  without the wait or inconsistencies. 

"The tilts, point of sharpness and breadth of shallow depth of field are unique to Lensbaby. Somehow this lens simultaneously references many of the camera formats I love--the playful and poetic qualities of  plastic cameras, the distortion of a pinhole and the realm of ambiguity achievable through a view camera's bellows."  

Above and below are just a few examples of Angilee's Lensbaby work.