Watch on YouTube – How to shoot black background product photography One of the most common questions we get resulting from our blogs and tutorials is “How do you get a black background in your photographs?”. We don’t often show how it’s done, and we never use a black backdrop. The reason for that? It’s…
Watch on YouTube – Using potpourri for colourful creative macro photography A lot of homes have at least a little Potpourri, but not everyone uses their dried out plant matter for photography. Creative macro photography comes in all shapes and sizes, just like Potpourri! That’s what makes this such an interesting macro photography subject -…
Watch on YouTube – 5 Tips for better BOKEH in macro photography Bokeh is a very cool effect to use in your photography. Taking advantage of bokeh in macro photography in particular can be a really interesting way to make your shots more eye catching and interesting. Let’s take a look at 5 tips to…
Watch on YouTube – LEGO Star Wars Toy Photography The new Star Wars film “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” is in cinemas this December, so we wanted to find some inspiration in the saga and bring it to our own macro photography. In this article, we are looking at some tecniques to shoot some…
Watch on YouTube – An introduction to lighting for macro photography Lighting for Macro Photography. Macro lighting comes in a few different flavours, which one suits your style of photography the most depends on what you are shooting. Today we are going to take a look at some of the terms that you may…
Watch on YouTube – A guide to creating amazing space photos using marbles. In this tutorial we’re going to be creating some amazing space photographs with planets, stars and nebulae. You don’t need a spaceship, or even a telescope. As macro photographers, we are going to be using marbles to create the planets! If you…
Watch on YouTube – Macro Flower Photography – Gypsophila Macro flower photography is likely one of the most popular genres out there. Flowers come in all shapes and sizes, giving photographers a lot of variety to choose from. And that’s our challenge today… size. Macro Flower Photography – Gypsophila Gypsophila flowers are very very small,…
Watch on YouTube – Plant Macro Photography’s Secret Subject (With a surprise visitor!) If you enjoy a bit of garden and plant macro photography, there may be one simple subject you are overlooking. A subject that surrounds most of us all the time, but is so often ignored. Can you guess what it is? It’s…
Watch on YouTube – Solar System Marble Photography The scale of our solar system, the galaxy and the universe is hard to comprehend. The distances involved in exploring even our own solar system mean that nobody alive today will be able to photograph stars and planets with total freedom (unless we are counting probes?). What…
Watch on YouTube – Close-Up Crystal & Mineral Photography Tips A lot of the time, getting closer can reveal the amazing details of a subject. This is always more apparent when light interacts with a subject in unique ways. Today we are looking at 3 crystal formations that geologists will be familiar with. However, the…
