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Creative Photography with Lensbaby

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

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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

I really enjoyed the Behind the Lens course.

I really enjoyed the Behind the Lens course. It is the best of all the courses you’ve made. I own every one of your webinars and courses and this one was as intuitive as any of them.

Frankie Leyro

Fort Belvoir, VA, USA

Great stuff!

I’m enjoying your Creating Impact Course video tutorials and case studies. They’ve really helped clarify a number of areas that have always been a big vague for me – like hyperfocal distance! I’ve also really appreciated seeing your thought process when deciding how to photograph a location and the steps you work through in post processing. Great stuff! :)

Ruth Smith

Tasmania, Australia

great content from a very knowledgeable instructor

In Sharp Focus Webinar contained great content from a very knowledgeable instructor.

Paul Peters

Cobble Hill, British Columbia, Canada

In Sharp Focus Webinar was informative

In Sharp Focus Webinar was informative and gave me a better understanding and appreciation of some sharpening techniques available in software I use, but that I haven’t utilized before.

Paul

Norman, Oklahoma

This is a really well structured and explained course

I thank you for your knowledge and practical walk through of the location and thought process with the final shots. This is a really well structured and explained course (Behind the Lens). It has given me the confidence to go out and explore and push myself further than I have ever expected to achieve.

Peter Lord

NSW, Australia

Having my own personal instructor!

I am looking forward to completing the Creating Impact Course. You and Varina do an excellent job of teaching key photographing techniques. Watching your video’s is like having my own personal instructor!

Bill Higgins

Michigan, USA

The very best possible way to teach

I retired from forty years of teaching elementary and middle school math/science students. As a former Indiana Teacher of the Year and and inducted member into the NATIONAL TEACHERS HALL OF FAME, I know what makes great teachers, and believe me, you and Varina Patel are excellent at what you do because you take complex topics and make them so simple to understand. Better yet, you teach your lessons directly from the field, on site—the very best possible way to teach.

Mike Kaiser

Georgetown, Indiana

I’m successfully using Hyperfocal Distance all the time now!

I spent gobs of time trying to wrap my head around Hyperfocal Distance, but for whatever reason, I just never found the right teachers until I saw your class on the subject. I’ve watched it twice now, and guess what? I’m successfully using Hyperfocal Distance all the time now! It’s literally like you guys opened a curtain and let the sun in.

Kirk Peterson

Tennessee, USA

I congratulate Jay and Varina on an excellent course!

I congratulate Jay and Varina on an excellent course. Naturally the most important element is the human and I am enjoying your philosophy, meticulous attention to detail, and words of wisdom learned sometimes the hard way. You are giving us wonderful and very effective advice and recommendations for equipment use and photographic technique. (Ultimate Landscape Photography Course)

Stephen Veronneau

Edmond, Oklahoma

I thoroughly enjoyed the video courses

I thoroughly enjoyed the video courses by Varina and Jay Patel. Their clear presentation style and real life examples of their teaching enabled me to rapidly understand and put into practice what they were teaching. Their style is quite personal as if you were on site with them. Excellent photography in the examples supports the learning experience. Histograms were always a bit of a mystery. Seeing how to use them to improve my “in-camera” results will enable me to get the results I see in the field.

Michael Franklin

Ottawa, Canada

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: