How To Reduce Noise In Your Close-Up Photos (using Photoshop)
Photo by Steve BerardiIn close-up photography, you often use fast shutter speeds to help battle the wind or freeze the action of your subject (such as a butterfly feeding on a flower). To get these...
View ArticleHow To Focus Closer With your Lenses
Every lens has a minimum focusing distance: the closest point where the lens can get a sharp focus. Generally, the longer the focal length of the lens, the greater the minimum focusing distance. Most...
View ArticleThree Quick Tips For Close-Ups
California Wild Rose / Photo by Steve BerardiNow that spring has arrived here in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s time to start thinking about photographing all those wonderful wildflowers and insects....
View ArticleIntroduction to Insect Macro Photography (Part I)
Photo by Huub de Waard / Portrait of a little fly: Magnification 8, f/8, ISO 100 and 1/250 sec This is a guest post by Huub de Waard, an exceptional photographer who specializes in close-up shots of...
View ArticleComposition Basics In Microphotography
Portrait of small Jewel bug: Magnification 7, f/9, ISO 100 and 1/250 sec.Microphotography is magical because it takes us into a smaller universe of vibrant colors, exquisite details and extraordinary...
View ArticlePressing The Button
Pressing the shutter button to snap a photo seems like the most simple part of photography. I mean, you just “press the button” — right? Well, there’s a few things to remember when pressing that...
View ArticleHow To Make Any Lens a Macro Lens
Close-up and macro photography is one of the most popular ways to capture the beauty of nature: whether it’s photographing tiny insects to show their amazing detail or just a simple close-up of a plant...
View ArticleSharpness – Relative vs Absolute
The more I photograph nature, the less I’ve been concerned about sharpness. It’s not out of laziness, but from the realization that relative sharpness is much more important than absolute sharpness....
View ArticleSimple Adjustments For a Better Background
One thing many of us forget to consider is the background in a photo. We focus (literally and figuratively) on the main subject and feel gratified that we can get the whole subject in the frame and...
View ArticleFlowers in Black and White
When you think about photographing flowers, you probably think about capturing their vibrant colors and how they contrast against the landscape around them. Most things in nature have evolved to blend...
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