15 tips to improve your macro photography – Watch on YouTube Macro photography is a rabbit hole that many only scratch the surface of. The more you delve into the genre, the more subjects, techniques and effects you discover! In this article, we have gathered together some of our top tips to instantly improve your…
Caterpillar Macro Photography 🐛 – Watch on YouTube Caterpillars are a common sight for any keen gardener. Although a menace for your vegetable patch, they are great subjects for photography! We’re bringing one inside for some caterpillar macro photography in a controlled environment. Caterpillar Macro Photography Caterpillars are strange critters, but very interesting up close.…
Wheat macro photography with colourful LED lighting – Watch on YouTube Adaptalux HQ is based in the heart of Lincolnshire, a rural part of the Uk where cereal farming is big business. It’s wheat harvest time here, so what better time to photograph some crops! In today’s shoot, we are are doing using colourful LED…
Anaglyph 3D Photography – How to create stereoscopic 3D photos! – Watch on YouTube Anaglyph 3D photographs are those iconic red and blue images that require the classic “3D” glasses to see. In this tutorial, we are going to walk through how to create your own red & blue stereoscopic 3D photos! Anaglyph 3D Photography Most…
Dissolving candy time-lapse videos – Watch on YouTube Dissolving candy time-lapse videos can be a beautiful show of colour and movement. It’s possible to create these videos with a few relatively simple setups. In this article, we will discuss a few of the more important considerations for capturing melting sweets. Dissolving Candy Time-lapse Videos The…
Lensless Reflectography and Refractography tutorial – Watch on YouTube Lensless photography is a very experimental technique, however, you can achieve some very striking abstract images. In this reflectography and refractography tutorial, we are going to explore ways to create beautiful abstract images without the use of a lens! Lensless photography Lensless photography is exactly what…
Shell macro photography tutorial – Watch on YouTube Shells and sea life grow and erode in interesting ways under the forces of the ocean. This makes them a fantastic macro subject! In this shell macro photography tutorial, we are going to be getting up close to the textures of some seashells, and adding some of…
Minimalist Wood Texture Photography – Watch on YouTube In this wood texture photography tutorial we’re capturing a minimalist photograph of a simple piece of driftwood. The goal is to capture a single photograph of the wood on a clean white background. This is the final image we are aiming for; Wood Texture Photography We want…
Watch on YouTube – Macro photography inspiration for 2021 It’s time for our yearly collection of macro photography inspiration and ideas! These are some of our favourite projects from the past 12 months. They are all fantastic photography ideas to try at home, not least because we didn’t see much of the outdoors in 2020!…
Welcome to the Monthly Macro Photography Challenge for May 2021. This is where you can get involved with the Adaptalux Community and flex some of your own macro photography skills. Monthly Macro Challenge The theme for May is; WOOD How to Enter To enter an image into this month’s challenge, you need to post your…