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Creative Photography with Lensbaby

Experiment… take risks… break the rules… make mistakes… have fun… and capture striking photos with Lensbaby.

$39.95

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What is the difference between purchasing a video tutorial and VW Streaming Service?

Purchasing a video tutorial allows you to stream purchased video tutorials for 1 full year from any device with a high-speed internet connection.

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The VW Streaming Service DOES NOT include access to eBooks and exclusive one time offers.

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Visual Wilderness Streaming Service is compatible with all devices, including Mac and PC desktop computers and laptops, mobile phones, and tablet devices. If you’re still not sure your device will work with our streaming services, try it out with the videos below!

Sand Caves Video

Lensbaby Lenses featured in this video tutorial:
Velvet 85 & Velvet 56

What’s Included?

Instant access to streaming video files for 1 YEAR.
10 teaching videos for photographers who want to learn about getting creative with Lensbaby.
More than 55 minutes of video content – in-depth explanations, examples, workflow, and case studies.
Workshop-style lessons taught on location by pros.
Case Studies: Hummingbirds in Flight, Playing with Bokeh, Photographing Artistic Landscape, Leaf Cutter Ants, and more!

What You’ll Learn

Learn about the creative tools you can use to turn ordinary photos into works of art.
Discover how to capture impressionistic, creative photos with Lensbaby’s Velvet Lenses.
Find out how the pros overcome challenges with camera settings, creative composition, and out-of-the-box thinking.
Explore the influence of natural elements like light, weather, and the behavior of wildlife – and learn to use them to your advantage to produce dazzling nature photos.
Learn how to capture creative photos no matter what nature throws at you with our straight-forward, non-technical lessons.

What Customers are Saying

Derek

I am an avid follower of Jay and Varina’s work. Their work really is superb. Their knowledge in the field of landscape photography is impeccable.

Derek

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Sara Ghedina

I wanted to say thank you, I’ve been watching some of the videos tutorials you made teaching about different camera lenses and they are absolutely great. I especially like the case studies that let you actually see how things work in practice while you explain them.

Sara Ghedina

San Francisco, California

Glen Lawrence

Jay and Varina do a great job of instructing through your video’s. I’ve brought some other big name Landscape photographers but Visual Wilderness Video Tutorials are much better quality!

Glen Lawrence

Queensland, Australia

Jay and Varina are excellent tutors

Jay and Varina are excellent tutors, if you are starting out on your photography journey and want a few lessons to help learning the craft you will find more than you need here.

Kevin Payne

Ringwood, United Kingdom

Al Dziczek

I’ve never seen training material this high in visual quality, formal presentation, knowing what’s important to present and how. I hope you keep on expanding your Landscape Photography Video Tutorial output and set even better standard.

Al Dziczek

Kentucky, USA

Passionate hobbyists should follow Jay and Varina Patel

Passionate hobbyists interested in learning the technical aspects of photography in a simple and understanding way should follow Jay and Varina Patel.

Jaikumar Menon

Mumbai, India

April Abercrombie

I love the Visual Wilderness Video Courses! And you have great customer service as well :)

April Abercrombie

Oregon, USA

Stephanie

Varina and Jay will go the extra mile in making sure you understand the concepts.

Stephanie

John Stanley

Please don’t change except to continue to bring the best possible learning experiences to anybody that wants to be the best possible photographer and learn to understand and practice photography to the best of their ability.

John Stanley

Roanoke, Indiana

Sue Atkinson

I have been trying to understand Hyperfocal Distance since I first picked up a camera about a year ago. I have had several people explain it to me, but I never understood it as well as I do after watching your tutorials. They are so clear and easy to understand.

Sue Atkinson

Western Australia

Is this Creative Nature Photography tutorial for me?

This tutorial is for you if:

You have some knowledge of exposure, focus, and high-speed bracketing.
You want to learn to be creative with your camera’s aperture & shutter setting for nature photography.
You want to learn how to use aperture-bracketing on your camera to create dreamy effects with Lensbaby Velvet Lenses.
You want to capture artistic, awe-inspiring macro photos with your Lensbaby macro lenses.

This tutorial might not be the right fit if:

You are a beginner landscape photographer. If you don't know how to use your camera in manual mode, you may want to find out more before you start this course.
You want to learn the basics of camera settings, including exposure and focus.
You want in-depth explanations of how and where to focus. In this telephoto lens tutorial, we assume you know how to use your camera’s focus settings.
You want a cookie-cutter approach to capturing wildlife and nature photography.

About our Creative Photography with Lensbaby tutorial

Our Creative Photography with Lensbaby tutorial is packed full of easy-to-follow explanations, rich examples, and in-depth case studies. You will learn how to use selective focus, create dreamy effects in your landscape photos, use multiple apertures, and more… while building an original, imaginative and expressive landscape photography portfolio.

Here are some of the key concepts covered in this creative photography tutorial: