PIXEL SISTERS STUDIO 29 JULY 2017 Macro Photography · Macro Photography Some hints and tips to...

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About Macro - the art of creating an image that is life-size or larger The lens must be able to get close to the subject and at the same time, the lens is usually further away from the subject. The aim is to get a sharp image, with most (if not all) of your subject in focus. You need: - plenty of light - steady camera - steady subject - small aperture - slow shutter 1 Macro Photography Some hints and tips to getting started PIXEL SISTERS STUDIO 29 JULY 2017 Light! Use reflectors Composition Move the subject, rather than the camera Manual Focus The camera will struggle when close to the subject, so it’s best to manually focus your lens DEPTH OF FIELD when you focus, half of your subject is behind and half in front of the plane 1 APERTURE choose and aperture that allows your subject to be no slower than 1/ focal length 2 LEVEL LENS the focus will be sharp for everything at the same focal distance from the lens 3 desleyjane pictures

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About Macro - the art of creating an image that is life-size or larger

The lens must be able to get close to the subject and at the same time, the lens is usually further away from the subject.

The aim is to get a sharp image, with most (if not all) of your subject in focus.

You need: - plenty of light - steady camera - steady subject - small aperture - slow shutter

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Macro PhotographySome hints and tips to getting started

PIXEL SISTERS STUDIO 29 JULY 2017

Light! Use reflectors

Composition Move the subject,

rather than the camera

Manual Focus The camera will struggle when

close to the subject, so it’s

best to manually focus your lens

DEPTH OF FIELD when you focus, half of your subject is behind and half in front of the

plane

1APERTURE

choose and aperture that allows your subject to be no slower than 1/

focal length

2LEVEL LENS

the focus will be sharp for everything at the same focal distance

from the lens

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desleyjane pictures