Close-Up and Macro Photography: Art and Techniques

by John Humphrey

High magnification photography is immensely exciting and rewarding. Through the close-up lens, everyday objects produce striking images, and small creatures show amazing detail that usually goes unnoticed. This book is both a practical guide to each step of the close-up process, as well as a source of inspirational ideas and subjects for producing high-impact images. Topics covered cameras, lenses and equipment; step-by-step techniques for high quality results; ideas for close-up subjects, including flowers, insects and still life; composing close-up pictures for maximum impact; using software for creative effect and suggestions for presenting macro photographs.

Genres: Photography

160 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2013

Reviews

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm new to serious macro photography, and this is the first book on the subject I've read, so it's difficult to give an authoritative review, but I nevertheless found it a useful introduction. It's only a slim volume, but seems to cover the basics of all you need to know, right up to image processing techniques like focus stacking. It's well laid out, nicely illustrated and left me wanting to get out and start experimenting with images of my own.