Digital Macro and Close-Up Photography For Dummies

Master macro techniques and capture brilliant up-close photos Macro photography uses specialty lenses and advanced digital cameras to capture stunning up-close images. This book helps you understand the nuances of macro techniques so you can take unique and remarkable close-up digital photos. Equipment recommendations, helpful tips, and coverage of specialized elements that are exclusive to macro photography all aim to make you more savvy and comfortable with macro and close-up techniques. In addition, the easy-to-follow steps and suggested exercises go a long way to make you more familiar with your camera's capabilities so that you can take fantastic photos. Introduces the techniques of macro photography and explores how to capture stunning close-up digital photos Reviews using macro lenses, extension tubes, reversing rings, and other camera equipment and accessories Shares tips for exposure and lighting techniques in the macro format Addresses depth of field, working distance, and framing when shooting Covers where to find subjects to shoot and setting up your macro studio With full-color examples and technique comparisons, this fun and friendly book presents step-by-step guidance for taking your close-up photography skills to the next level.

Master macro techniques and capture brilliant up-closephotosMacro photography uses specialty lenses and advanced digitalcameras to capture stunning up-close images. This book helps youunderstand the nuances of macro techniques so you can take uniqueand remarkable close-up digital photos. Equipment recommendationshelpful tips, and coverage of specialized elements that areexclusive to macro photography all aim to make you more savvy andcomfortable with macro and close-up techniques. In addition, theeasy-to-follow steps and suggested exercises go a long way to makeyou more familiar with your camera's capabilities so that you cantake fantastic photos.* Introduces the techniques of macro photography and explores howto capture stunning close-up digital photos* Reviews using macro lenses, extension tubes, reversing ringsand other camera equipment and accessories* Shares tips for exposure and lighting techniques in the macroformat* Addresses depth of field, working distance, and framing whenshooting* Covers where to find subjects to shoot and setting up yourmacro studioWith full-color examples and technique comparisons, this fun andfriendly book presents step-by-step guidance for taking yourclose-up photography skills to the next level.

Introduction.Part I: Getting Acquainted with Macro and Close-UpPhotography.Chapter 1: Discovering the Basics of Macro and Close-UpPhotography.Chapter 2: Close-Up, but No Cigar: How Macro and Close-UpPhotography Differ.Chapter 3: Developing an Eye for Details.Part II: Equipment: What You Need, What's Nice toHave.Chapter 4: Lenses and the Tools That Enhance Them.Chapter 5: Choosing the Right Macro Lens for You.Chapter 6: Grasping the Gear That Gets You the Shot.Chapter 7: Macro Photography and Your Point and Shoot DigitalCamera.Part III: Creating Successful Images: Light, Composition, andExposure.Chapter 8: Making the Most of Natural Light.Chapter 9: Shooting in the Studio with Artifi cial LightSources.Chapter 10: Composing Macro and Close-Up Images to Suit YourSubjects.Chapter 11: Choosing the Appropriate Exposure Settings for YourSubjects.Part IV: Techniques for Shooting Subjects of AllTypes.Chapter 12: Macro and Close-Up Photography in Nature.Chapter 13: Close-Ups of People (And Other Animals).Chapter 14: Small Product and Still-Life Photography.Chapter 15: Tricks of the Trade for Jewelry and Other Reflective Subjects.Chapter 16: Extreme Macro Photography: Working with TinySubjects.Chapter 17: Improving Your Macro and Close-Up Images inPostproduction.Part V: The Part of Tens.Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Close-Up Photography with Your DigitalPoint and Shoot.Chapter 19: Ten Subjects to Explore with Macro and Close-UpPhotography.Index.