Without Vision. Legally blind photographer shooting without vision correction.

[BeachDesign]

"These pictures were shot with manual focus without wearing any vision correction, I have a +8 subscription... Photography isn't all about vision, but you're ability to capture the beauty in things." - Jasper G.

There was a three week period in which I couldn't see, since I lost my only pair of glasses and my eye doctor had several issues while getting me my glasses. This all happened right when I was getting ready to go out to the main-land on short notice (I was living in Hawai'i) so I had A LOT more work coming in than usual and I couldn't afford to rely on my vision for photography. During that three week period of seeing the world completely out of focus (+8 is really bad vision) I did a shoot for the governors office at an inaugural speech, then several shoots of puppies, cabinets, crystals & massages for some clients, and then I did this photo-shoot with two of my friends. The only thing I decided to do differently with this shoot is to really challenge myself. I relied on my memory to set the manual settings, & by the size & color of the blurs. I personally feel that these pictures scream "A Golden Friendship", but I would love to know what your opinion is. Oh I forgot to mention, my cameras auto-focus is completely broken, I had to shoot in manual focus the entire time.

 

[CandySvoboda]

You shot these just by memory/judging the blur and color? ...... *standing ovation*

 

[BeachDesign]

You shot these just by memory/judging the blur and color? ...... *standing ovation*

Yes, i mainly based things off of whether or not I saw the detailed stigmatic lines in the blurs or not, but even then it was still a huge challenge and I could only shoot for like 30 minutes without getting a headache. All processing I did was made minor adjustments to the brightness and contrast in photoshop.