Buy Me This: No really BUY ME THIS!!!!!
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a blogumn by CH
When I was in high school I thought I wanted to be a photo journalist. The idea of traveling around the globe taking photos of world-changing events seemed like the glamorous life I wanted to live, and I actually shot stuff for the local Carpenteria newspaper.
When I went away to college I still thought I wanted to be a photographer but when I got there I had to take an Introduction to Technical Theatre class before I could take the photography classes. Well I fell in love with the theater and left the idea of being a photo journalist behind.
Flash forward 4 years. I’m at Cal-Arts and decide to take some photography classes as a elective. I fell back in love with it and thought about changing my major. But as fate would have it I was getting so much financial aid from the design school I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
I love my work and wouldn’t change what I do for anything but I do miss taking photos.
Flash forward to about a month ago. I was cruising the Internet and I found this amazing video:
Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
I was blown away by this and found that the artist had done a few other videos which you can find here.
I became obsessed with how he created this video. I did some research and was shocked to find it was most likely done with Canon EOS 5D Mark II
and a lensbaby lens system.
Then I saw some of the still photos you can get with the lensbaby.
I was full of desire to get myself this system and start working with it. I know it’s somewhat weird that I want to buy a camera with 21 mega pixels and then put a $50 piece of glass in front of it, but I have always loved the idea of working with tools as part of the art as opposed to regarding them simply as the things that you use to make the art.
So I decided to go for it and drop some serious change on this system only to find out that is out of stock everywhere. And now I am patiently waiting for it to come back into stock. Sad.
holy crap. that is amazing. it looks like a totally legit beach.
You can find the 5D Mark II on eBay, or you can save a lot of money and just buy this:
http://engadget.com/2009/03/27/canon-eos-5d-mark-…
holy crap. that is amazing. it looks like a totally legit beach.
You can find the 5D Mark II on eBay, or you can save a lot of money and just buy this:
http://engadget.com/2009/03/27/canon-eos-5d-mark-…
ARGH. i was already pumping myself up to buy it before i reached your last paragraph. damnit!!
ARGH. i was already pumping myself up to buy it before i reached your last paragraph. damnit!!
Don't worry, darlin. It'll come back in stock. Though as a writer, I know I would hate to have to wait for a new tool to make my art, too. Here's hoping they make the camera available sooner than later.
Don't worry, darlin. It'll come back in stock. Though as a writer, I know I would hate to have to wait for a new tool to make my art, too. Here's hoping they make the camera available sooner than later.
It's is a real beach I want to go around town and do the same stuff at al the Los Angeles landmarks I would also love to do the freeway at dusk. I'm also excited to do some portrait work with the lensbaby.
It's is a real beach I want to go around town and do the same stuff at al the Los Angeles landmarks I would also love to do the freeway at dusk. I'm also excited to do some portrait work with the lensbaby.
So it's back in stock at B&H
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/583953-REG/…
So it's back in stock at B&H
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/583953-REG/…
Here is another great video shot to show the quality of the camera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra9XLtjBzUU
Here is another great video shot to show the quality of the camera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra9XLtjBzUU
And it's out of stock again
And it's out of stock again
isn't this it?
http://store.apple.com/us_edu_463925/product/TV75…
i just want the lensbaby! i think that would work on my leica (i don't know much about all these gizmos…)
isn't this it?
http://store.apple.com/us_edu_463925/product/TV75…
i just want the lensbaby! i think that would work on my leica (i don't know much about all these gizmos…)
I had this camera, it was stolen out of the back of my car in schenley park 3 years ago…of all my possessions I have lost or given up throughout my life, this is the one I miss the most….
I had this camera, it was stolen out of the back of my car in schenley park 3 years ago…of all my possessions I have lost or given up throughout my life, this is the one I miss the most….