Have you ever marveled at those pictures of close-up objects where you can’t hardly even tell what it is you’re looking at? Or what about those amazing shots of the rainbow colored insects that seem almost as if they were a life-size animal caught roaming the underbrush of some far away jungle. 
All of these types of photographs fall into the special category of Macro Photography.
Macro photography is somewhat of a diverse selection of photographic tastes. You’ll find one group of people that shoot primarily smaller bug-type things or water droplets on flowers. Others like to zoom up on seemingly mundane household objects (pencil erasers, burnt match-heads, etc) and see what they look like magnified by 20x. Still others like to capture miniature scenes in doll-houses or mock-ups of battles with tiny little toy soldiers. Basically, though, if it’s small and you can somehow capture it with your camera, it’ll fall under the heading of macro photography.
So if you’re interested in trying out a little bit of this kind of photography, where do you start? First of all, you have to decide if your Read the rest of this entry »
