Capture Dream-Like Portraits

Inspired by dreams, and developed through lens choice and custom backdrops, Cristina Venedict shares how she captures dreamy portraits

- Cristina Venedict

Photography was like a revelation to me – I initially fell in love with it back in 2007. At the time I was working as a psychologist, but I wasn’t happy – I felt like it wasn’t really the place for me to be. So in 2010, just after my son was born, I began taking the path to portrait photography and it was then that I knew that was where I belonged.

A lot of my photography is inspired by my dreams, and for a long time I couldn’t find any lenses that reflected the dreamy look I wanted to achieve. That’s when I stumbled upon Lensbaby lenses. They were intuitive, easy to use, and helped me capture the style of image I’d been searching for.