Level: Intermediate

We’re after some experimental fun today 🙂 As they say, the best way to learn something is to try it yourself. Back in high school physics we had a unit …

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 …

I remember the very first post I published on this site—I’d written about how I missed the shots I used to take in macro mode with my old compact camera. …

“Macro” is my keyword. In many situations I’m tight-lipped, but when it comes to macro I’m hard to shut up. Feel free to test me 🙂 Like anglers’ tall tales …

I’d tackled the use of polarizing filters once before. It was a long time ago, and I was using flash for all my macro shots. That’s why I published a …

A lot of questions come up about aperture settings. At which value do we get better results? Should we open up, or stop down? As I approach the topic, I’m …

I ended up rewriting this post a few times and added something new to the content each time. At first I planned to touch only on the Raynox units, but …

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 …