Shooting Mode

If you’ve been following Macro World, you’ve probably noticed: I’ve been sharing only wide-angle shots for a while. My high-magnification microscope etc. work is on pause. I’m not sure if …

People who want to start macro shooting—or just try it a bit—often feel undecided when faced with so many options. I get a lot of messages about this. “Which lens …

We’re in the dead of winter. Winter brings to mind wind, snow, and storms, but this year Istanbul is having a mild and dry winter. While that’s bad news environmentally, …

Spring is here; macro season is open. The nice weather, flowers, and bugs we dreamed of all winter are waiting for us outside. But this time, instead of grabbing the …

Late December, temperatures below zero. My macro work mostly consists of processing photos from the archive. My camera is sitting in the bag. A predictable time of year. Luckily I …

Handheld shooting has some nice perks. Compared to tripod and natural light, your very best images might not be handheld—but on a macro walk, it’s the only way to freely …

I may have repeated this in other posts, but I’ll touch on it again as an intro. As you know, one of the big pains for macro photographers is the …

The excitement you feel when doing anything for the first time is upon us today. We’re about to try, for the first time, a flash-free, open-air “focus stacking” session we’ve …

In an earlier article I explained how important flash usage is in macro photography. Now I’m going to write the exact opposite and praise shooting macro without flash. Rather than …