Learning to be Free | Virginia Beach Nature Photographer

Freelensing is all the rage in the photography community right now.  You could say it's the current fad.  By definition, freelensing is creating a photograph without the lens attached to the camera.  The photographer holds the lens close to the lens opening and moves it in and out, left and right, and tilted, looking for the sweet spot where they would like focus to fall in the photograph.  Freelensing is challenging and also scary.  We pay a lot of money for our cameras and anyone will tell you to guard the inside of that camera with your life because dust, dirt, and moisture could only ruin it.  And all of this is possible.  But, it's also conservative.  It's safe.  And after a while, it's boring.  Photographers choose to challenge themselves by creating new projects, trying new things.  And this is why I chose to experiment with freelensing, despite my fear of what might crawl into my camera body.  I used the Helios 44-2 and spent about an hour in the garden practicing on flowers.  In the end, I created 3 images that were worthy of keeping.

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