I guess I'm only speaking for myself and how it's working for me. While I know I could do the same things with a straight image, in Photoshop, I just wouldn't. I don't think in this style with Photoshop. So the only way I'll get images like this is if I start out with the lens limitations and commit to them.

I do agree that the Lensbabies aren't reallly anything like the Holga. The distortion is much more pronounced and even obnoxious with the Lensbabies. Holga images are much softer and more subtle. The Lensbabies image are almost crass. But like I said, I'm starting to feel it and having fun with it. And I feel like it's encouraging a new way of shooting and thinking. And that's a good thing. Maybe I'll even come full-circle and start doing the same kind of thing in Photoshop. Regardless, I feel like the process is a good thing for me.