{"id":1796,"date":"2013-02-04T18:48:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T23:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlsquare.com\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2025-03-23T02:03:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T07:03:55","slug":"freelensing-tilt-shift-without-a-tllt-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/photography\/freelensing-tilt-shift-without-a-tllt-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Freelensing&#8230; Tilt-Shift without a Tilt-Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I found out about a destructive photographic technique called &#8216;freelensing&#8217;. You basically take shots while holding the lens against the camera body &#8211; detached. You can adjust the focal plane by moving the detached lens around manually in various directions &#8211; giving you tilt-shift style images. It\u2019s also a great way to get dirt and dust on your sensor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can imagine how many photographers would cringe by just the thought of having to expose the camera&#8217;s sensor to the elements for even a second, let alone during a whole freelensing shoot. Taking interesting shots isn&#8217;t without it&#8217;s risks though. If you love tilt-shifts&#8217; shallow depth of field, its buttery bokeh and light leaks, you&#8217;ll pretty much enjoy messing around with this technique. Lucky me though, I got a few DSLR&#8217;s I wouldn&#8217;t mind experimenting with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, there&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/freelensing\/pool\">flickr group<\/a> dedicated to this technique that already has around 3 thousand members and growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those not willing to take the risk, there&#8217;s always a safer alternative &#8211; a <a href=\"http:\/\/lensbaby.com\/\">lensbaby<\/a>. It&#8217;s a pretty cheap setup too considering how much a tilt-shift lens costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arc.controlsquare.com\/holodeck\/3-25\/freelensing-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arc.controlsquare.com\/holodeck\/3-25\/freelensing-2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arc.controlsquare.com\/holodeck\/3-25\/freelensing-3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arc.controlsquare.com\/holodeck\/3-25\/freelensing-4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arc.controlsquare.com\/holodeck\/3-25\/freelensing-5.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/search\/?q=freelensing\">Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I found out about a destructive photographic technique called &#8216;freelensing&#8217;. You basically take shots while holding the lens against the camera body &#8211; detached. You can adjust the focal plane by moving the detached lens around manually in various directions &#8211; giving you tilt-shift style images. It\u2019s also a great way to get dirt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/freelensing-main.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1796"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4095,"href":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1796\/revisions\/4095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/controlsquare.com\/transmissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}