Comments on: What is Macro Photography?

By: Mark - Cornwall Wedding Photographer

Mark - Cornwall Wedding Photographer — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:51:39 +0000

I’m wedding photographer and just looking for an escape from the day to day photography and with the winter months decided to have a look at macro (which I know nothing about). This has been a really helpful read so now I have to decide if I want to use one of my dSLRs or the Canon SX1 and some sort of extra lens, the latter is cheaper that is for sure so might be a good starting point.

By: Garry

Garry — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:53:17 +0000

Hi. Yes the more delicate bit of the lens is exposed which is why I use an old manual lens that only cost about £10 from ebay so it doesn’t matter if that bit gets damaged as this is the only thing I use it for.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:05:45 +0000

Hi Garry, overall good explanation of macro photography! I was just hoping you could elaborate on how reversing one lens onto the front of another lens works…is the inside of one of the lenses (the bit that usually attaches to the camera body) just totally exposed, it seems a bit dangerous if that’s the case…? thanks

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By: Garry

Garry — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:28:57 +0000

Hi, macro lenses aren’t purely for macro photography. Their construction and lens geometry enables the close focussing for macro work, but they also make great portrait lenses as the quality of the glass and the size of the lens lends itself to portrait work too.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:16:23 +0000

Hi, nice article! Are all macro lenses dedicated to macro photography or are there any all round lenses? Will a dedicated macro lens produce the best results?

By: melissa

melissa — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:28:50 +0000

Im thinking about getting a camera…. what do you think would be the best kind…i was thinking about getting a cannon rebel just to start off….is that a good choice or would there be a prefered camera for a beginner?

By: Garry

Garry — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:26:44 +0000

This is all down to the aperture you are using and the fact that when you get closer to an object, your depth of field is going to be a lot less. To get round it you need to have enough light to let you use a smaller aperture, so you may need to use flash, but at the same time you also need to consider your subjects and not to scare them with the flash.

By: David

David — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:45:44 +0000

Hi there,

I have a macro lense for my canon eos 550D but for some odd reason, I have a focus area that is REALLY small when taking photos close up.
To give you an idea of what i mean, if you look at the spiders on my website (category, macro insects) you will see the focus is a very small band across the middle of the photo.
How do i change this so MORE of the insect is in focus please??

By: Garry

Garry — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:02:32 +0000

Using flash with macro work can be tricky as you are very close the subject your camera gear may cause shadows. Ideally you want to move the flash away from the camera, so you'd need a flash gun rather than the on board flash. Alternatively you can bounce light to the areas that you want or use a diffuser to control the light. Check out this picture for an example of a DIY flash diffuser.