Posts tagged: macro
DIY Lens Option for Macro Photography.
By Chrisjob
Bigger, sharper, and more refined. We continue to push our digital cameras to get closer and more detailed macro photos our of projects, food, families, and great vintage finds. Captain Molo shows us how to make a macro lens snoot for super close up images and crazy detail out of preground glass lens and a cardboard tube.
Macro Photography on the Cheap
By DIY Maven
Did you know you can mount a standard 50mm lens to your camera backward with the help of a cheap reverse ring? The outcome is a seriously inexpensive way to start experimenting with macro photography. » READ MORE
Macrophotography, A Close-Up Tutorial
By DIY Maven
Ever wonder what the 'MF' or ‘flower’ pictogram was for on your point and shoot camera? It’s to get a peek into the little-seen world around us through close-up photography. Photojojo’s excellent Guide to Macrophotography demystifies the macro and will help you make photos of tiny to really super tiny things look extraordinary. Perfect for on-line merchants!!
How To: Turn a Pringles Can into a Macro Photography Tube.
By Chrisjob
This is the kind of stuff the internet is good for: Photocritic.org offers an absolutely incredible how-to for creating a macro photo lens out of a Pringles can. Not a focusing tube, not a light restricting snoot, but an actual lens for brilliant close-up photography. I guess the lack of lens makes the depth of field a sweet-spot/luck of the draw deal. Get it where it's best, and it's amazing. Via.
Macro Photography - It's the Little Things That Count
By ErinManning
I've had a lot of requests lately for more information about macro photography, so as a little Valentine's gift to you - I've written a step-by-step guide for capturing those close-ups.
Have you seen a beautiful photograph in a book or magazine that captures all the detail of a flower or insect, close-up? The art of taking pictures of things extremely close-up is called macro photography. Professional photographers have expensive cameras and len » READ MORE
