To take macro photography, you need a camera (digital or analog - it doesn't matter, the main thing is that it is a mirror), a long-focus lens, an extension ring or a teleconvector. A tripod (clamp) is also irreplaceable. In some cases, it makes sense to use a device attached to the stomach. You can rest your hands on it, so that under the influence of the weight of the long-focus lens, they do not flinch at the most inopportune moment.
It is necessary
- - Camera;
- -Replaceable optics;
- -Lighting equipment;
- -Background;
- - Tripod or clamp.
Instructions
Step 1
Decide on the plot. Macro mode does not impose any restrictions on genre selection. It can be a portrait, a still life, or a reportage. Moreover, the latter is more eventful than staged. With the portrait, everything is more or less clear, usually they depict insects-cockroaches; in some cases fragmentary shooting of a person is meant.
A still life in the context of macro photography is likely to be an image of an object that appears to be an interesting combination of colors or texture. The staged reportage is a "man-made" composition, in which dried insects, stylized as living ones, are "occupied". Event reporting is a kind of photo hunt for tiny representatives of the fauna in order to catch them at the most interesting moment.
Step 2
Decide which lens you will use for macro photography. If possible, take a long-focus fast lens with a relative aperture of about 2, 8-2. As a rule, such optics allows you to get the most elaborate pattern with good gradations in very light and very dark areas. Also, the quality of the optics affects the color rendering. In macro photography, it is especially important to correctly reflect the color temperature, but sometimes its distortion cannot be avoided.
Step 3
Take a tripod or clamp - without them it is quite difficult to hold a massive telephoto lens in your hands. Even if you are in perfect control of yourself, at a crucial moment your hands may tremble, and then blurring of the frame cannot be avoided. In addition, it often happens that, for example, event reportage macro photography requires long minutes of waiting with focused focus. One movement of your hands - and the subject will be out of focus area, which will also lead to a blurry frame.
Step 4
Leave the aperture as wide as possible - if you want to "tear" the main subject from the background. The lower the numerical value of this indicator, the more blurred the background will be in the pictures. When it comes to event reporting, it is better to prefer large aperture values and short shutter speeds. This combination allows you to press the button at the right moment and capture the very moment for which macro photography is being carried out.
