Find inspiration for macro photography through unusual subjects, creative projects, experimental techniques and practical lighting ideas from the Adaptalux photography team and community.
How to create abstract photos using chocolate wrappers – Watch on YouTube One thing that’s always abundant around Christmas time is chocolate. They come in all kinds of unique and interesting-looking packaging. In this article, we’re going to look at how to create abstract photos using these left over chocolate wrappers. How to create abstract…
Capturing Frozen Spider Web Macro Photos – Watch on YouTube Spider webs are both notoriously strong for their size, yet delicate and vulnerable to changes around them. One of those hazards for keeping a web intact is the changing seasons. In this article, we’re aiming to capture some frozen spider web macro photos as we…
Colourful Abstract art using lightbulb macro photography – Watch on YouTube Light bulbs make very unique photography subjects for obvious reasons. In today’s lightbulb macro photography tutorial we will be focusing on creating abstract art using the reflections of the glass. Additionally, older bulbs have tiny filaments that are interesting and challenging to capture. Lighting…
Welcome to the Monthly Macro Photography Challenge for November 2022. Every month we run a macro photography competition for our community, and this is your chance to get involved! Monthly Macro Challenge The theme for November is; WINTER ❄️ How to Enter To enter an image into this month’s photography competition, you need to post…
Leaf Skeleton Macro Photography – Watch on YouTube We have photographed a lot of leaves over the years, but none quite like this. Leaf skeletons are leaves that have had their veins preserved. The process removes most of the leaf, leaving only the “skeleton”. The results can be dyed, and look spectacular under a macro…
Top tips for how to use The Adaptalux Studio – Watch on YouTube We often show the Adaptalux Studio in action in our demo videos and macro photography tutorials, but often time is a limiting factor and some of the more nuanced functions and operations of our lighting can be glossed over. In this article,…
Welcome to the Monthly Macro Photography Challenge for November 2022. Every month we run a macro photography competition for our community, and this is your chance to get involved! Monthly Macro Challenge The theme for November is; AUTUMN 🍂 How to Enter To enter an image into this month’s photography competition, you need to post…
Use a Hula Hoop to improve your creative outdoor macro photography! – Watch on YouTube How can we push ourselves to be more creative? It’s hard to come up with new macro photography ideas to try outdoors, so we’re using an aid to help push our creative outdoor macro photography outside of our comfort zone!…
Using an LED macro light source to photograph Conkers! – Fountain Pen Macro Photography In this article we are using the new Adaptalux Pod Mini to photograph Conkers! Conkers is a popular game played using the seeds of the horse chestnut tree. They were a common sight on the end of a string before the…
Fossilised Shark Tooth Macro Photography – Watch on YouTube Let’s get our teeth stuck into something new, or rather… old! Fossilised shark tooth macro photography is not a phrase you will hear every day. Shark teeth are not common household items, and are not easy to come by naturally (in most parts of the world),…
