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Nikon D5100 & Lensbaby Muse

January 20, 2013 Leave a Comment

It looks like 2013 is shaping up to be the year that I embrace shooting with a DSLR. After buying the new Nikon lens right after Christmas, Dan and I pooled some of the money we’d been gifted with and invested in a Nikon D5100 body. I’m kind of a little late writing about this, given that I’ve been using it for A Doll A Day photos since… well, since it arrived on January 5th basically.

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If you don’t count our shared Nikon D100 (which we picked up second hand), it’s the fanciest camera I’ve ever had. Somehow I still felt the urge to stick a plastic lens on it and muck around with dirty, grainy, blurry pictures. I’m proud to announce the arrival of our first baby – a Lensbaby Muse, that is, not an actual baby. Christ on a cupcake, NO.

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My first attempt with Lux was a little off. I’m going to go ahead and put it down to snow, flu-plague and general ignorance when it comes to shooting in manual mode. I’m determined to learn though, and I think today’s shots of Sprue, my Mama Told Me Momoko came out a lot better – and that’s in spite of indoor lighting.

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Lensbaby Legs

It’s going to be a very steep learning curve, I think! Practice makes perfect and all that… mind you, perfection’s overrated. I’m just happy to have a squishy, bendy, unpredictable lens to play with.

Does anyone else use a Lensbaby for doll and toy photography? Do you have any tips you can share?

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