Anyone using Lensbaby in the wedding ? [Archive] - Canon Digital Photography Forums

canondslr

3rd of October 2008 (Fri), 22:48

Anyone using Lensbaby in the wedding ?
How do you like it ? and...sample pics please...

Thx

AngelaDuncanPhotography

4th of October 2008 (Sat), 03:02

I wish I was...thanks for asking this question...I've been wondering it myself...

bjyoder

4th of October 2008 (Sat), 14:53

I plan on using mine this weekend. Should be interesting trying to integrate that into my first wedding.

Permagrin

4th of October 2008 (Sat), 14:58

My husband (and second shooter) has a lensbaby but it's been banned from the weddings we shoot. It just takes too much time to get a good focus and the shots are never usable. You can achieve a lens baby look from a good photo, in post processing. So for us, no...we never use it at our weddings.

Jonny

6th of October 2008 (Mon), 16:15

My husband (and second shooter) has a lensbaby but it's been banned from the weddings we shoot. It just takes too much time to get a good focus and the shots are never usable. You can achieve a lens baby look from a good photo, in post processing. So for us, no...we never use it at our weddings.

SNAP

yoyoer13

6th of October 2008 (Mon), 16:37

^ wow. I just laughed out loud in the middle of my class at your reply.

Thats exactly what I was thinking.

Whipped.....................

Permagrin

6th of October 2008 (Mon), 16:45

hardly...sometimes I do wonder why I answer questions around here....if you've ever been paid to do something like a wedding, you know there are time constraints as well as photos that need to be captured. In my experience, there's no time for things like lensbabies. Others may feel differently.

as for the comments on my marriage...:rolleyes:

S-S

6th of October 2008 (Mon), 16:47

ive got one but didnt buy it to use during weddings... they are just too busy
engagement shoot... maybe

Chet

6th of October 2008 (Mon), 17:13

I agree with Permie on this one. The amount of time wasted to achieve a usable shot is a waste of time at the venue. Much better to PP the desired effect with better results.

puddlepirate44

6th of October 2008 (Mon), 18:57

Wow, I'm whipped? Who knew!

Actually, I agree with my wife's assessment on the ol' LB. It's a fun lens, but unless you're very proficient with it, as in, FAST and ACCURATE, a wedding isn't the place for it. Things are going too fast for trying to manually focus the LB.

Jon

6th of October 2008 (Mon), 20:22

I'm another who wouldn't pull the Lensbaby out of the bag unless I had the luxury of time. Maybe for some staged pre-(very pre-)ceremony shots, but not on the day. Again, it's the time it needs to get one set right. Maybe the newest generation will be more friendly, but if you have one of the first three generations, don't even think it.

And somewhere on this forum is (or should be) a picture of me with a LensBaby II on my 1D3.

puddlepirate44

6th of October 2008 (Mon), 21:48

If I WERE to use a LB on a wedding for some of the shots, THIS (http://lensbaby.com/lenses-composer.php) would be the one to use, imo. It's new this year.

Woolburr

6th of October 2008 (Mon), 22:04

I'm another who wouldn't pull the Lensbaby out of the bag unless I had the luxury of time. Maybe for some staged pre-(very pre-)ceremony shots, but not on the day. Again, it's the time it needs to get one set right. Maybe the newest generation will be more friendly, but if you have one of the first three generations, don't even think it.

And somewhere on this forum is (or should be) a picture of me with a LensBaby II on my 1D3.

You must mean this one...
http://www.pbase.com/woolburr/image/102380443.jpg

And for the OP....unless you are doing a small ceremony with no time constraints....the LensBaby is not really cracked up to being a wedding lens. It just takes too long to focus and then the shots are not that great anyway...you can duplicate the effect in PP like Permie said. That makes a whole lot more sense than risking a whole wedding shoot. One very important thing to bear in mind...you can easily process a good photo to make it look bad, but just try making a bad photo look good!

S-S

7th of October 2008 (Tue), 05:21

If I WERE to use a LB on a wedding for some of the shots, THIS (http://lensbaby.com/lenses-composer.php) would be the one to use, imo. It's new this year.

hey THAT actually looks like the biz... id love to try one (ive got the 2.0)

bjyoder

7th of October 2008 (Tue), 08:17

If I WERE to use a LB on a wedding for some of the shots, THIS (http://lensbaby.com/lenses-composer.php) would be the one to use, imo. It's new this year.

With the major complaint being not having the time to set up/focus, I would much rather have the 2.0, 3G, or Muse to allow for much more flexibility. That one just seems like it would take longer to use.

davecole650

9th of October 2008 (Thu), 22:10

Apologize for hijacking the thread a bit, but what about the same question regarding a tilt/shift lens. Would you use a T/S at a wedding? I love the effect of these lenses and think that a limited use in a wedding would be good (easily overdone tho).

Thanks and now back to the thread at hand.

cdifoto

9th of October 2008 (Thu), 22:17

My husband (and second shooter) has a lensbaby but it's been banned from the weddings we shoot. It just takes too much time to get a good focus and the shots are never usable. You can achieve a lens baby look from a good photo, in post processing. So for us, no...we never use it at our weddings.

hardly...sometimes I do wonder why I answer questions around here....if you've ever been paid to do something like a wedding, you know there are time constraints as well as photos that need to be captured. In my experience, there's no time for things like lensbabies. Others may feel differently.

as for the comments on my marriage...:rolleyes:
Agreed. I sold mine shortly after buying it...after playing around with it at home, I knew it wouldn't be useful at a wedding. There's just no time for fiddling.

puddlepirate44

9th of October 2008 (Thu), 22:19

There are a ton of lenses that I would love to use for weddings. Sure, the Lensbaby, the t/s lenses, some of the big tele's for the prime bokeh, but then we get back down to the subject of time. There are some segments of wedding photography that are not as rushed as others, but those segments are few and far in between those moments where you're acting like some predatory photog looking for the next clever shot. That being the case, having specialty lenses just don't take the space in my bag. I've got a couple of zooms, maybe a low light prime like the 85 and a macro. Other than that, I just don't have time to fiddle about with funky lenses.

Of course, yeah, I'd love to use the T/S lens at a wedding, or maybe an e-shoot, if I could ever a. get one and b. get the time....

canondslr

17th of October 2008 (Fri), 13:47

davecole650
no problem
actually thats a good and valid question
thanks for putting that up

Pearlallica

17th of October 2008 (Fri), 18:53

There are a few lulls throughout the wedding day that might permit a little experimentation. I've had the luxury of getting creative while waiting for the bride and groom to arrive to the reception. If I actually had the money to burn on one of these I'd use it to shoot creatively on stuff like wine glasses, the guest book, candids of guests chatting at their tables... a little tripod abstract work would fit in those spots just fine. And with live-live you should be able ot nail your focusing without a problem.

tenoverthenose

18th of October 2008 (Sat), 13:52

While its not a lens that I use at every wedding, I have been known to pull it out and great some great shots with it. For me it depends on the feel of the wedding. Most of the time I have enough time to use it, but I don't have a need for it. There have been times when I look at a situation and think "this would be perfect with the lensbaby" and go straight for it.