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What do the Tech Specs Mean?
Before I get into the "meat and potatoes" of this article I gotta explain a few things. How I take a photo, or how anyone takes a photo, doesn't matter. The only thing that does matter is the final...
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Sharpening a Diffraction Limited Image
I've been shooting single frame macro for over a decade, and yet I still get asked "How many frames did you take for that focus stack?". There are two key aspects to getting a lot of apparent depth and...
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Another National Geographic Daily Dozen
The image to the right was selected by National Geographic for their August 13th Daily Dozen.
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Do No Harm
National Geographic posted an article concerning How to photograph wildlife ethically and I wanted to write on the subject from the perspective of a macro photographer. If I'm being completely honest,...
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Photographing Honeybees on their Comb
Last spring we spent a long weekend at an Agriturismo and across the fence from us was a row of honeybee hives. As luck would have it one morning the beekeeper came out to inspect the hives and I...
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Emerging Mason Bees
Last year when I harvested my Mason Bee cocoons I realized, all too late, that I had a unique opportunity to document the critters emerging but I really wasn't prepared for it. I was just shooting on...
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Let's Talk Technique
Due to some of the questions and feedback I've received lately I thought I'd explain what I'm doing with the camera and how I deal with different situations. One of the common comments that comes up is...
View ArticleBumblebes Foraging in Grape Hyacinth
One of the followers of my Extreme Macro Facebook Page posted a link to a video that he shot that I just had to share. Methias Solstrand did an excellent job of filming Bumblebees in motion foraging on...
View ArticleThe Dreaded Error 01
I'm back to shooting with the Canon EF-S 60mm + extension tubes because my MP-E 65mm macro has broken again (3rd time). The aperture makes the most God awful crunching sound when I take a shot, and the...
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Sweat Bees in Sourgrass Flowers Deconstruction
I want to give you a full breakdown of how I'm shooting active Sweat Bees, and most of what I'm going to cover will apply to just about any active subject. The image to the right was what I was trying...
View ArticleLadybug 3D Microscope
Mr. Ahron Wayne contacted me via my Extreme Macro Facebook page to tell me about a Kickstarter project that he and a team of engineering students have been working on. It's a motorized scanning macro...
View ArticleCanon MP-E 65mm Macro Lens Review
Here's my first attempt at a video review of the Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens.
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Diffusing a Macro Twin Flash
I've probably spent the better part of a decade trying to wrap my head around flash photography and how to diffuse a harsh point source like a twin flash in as short of a space as possible. For field...
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It's All About the Light...
A lot of you are shooting in natural light that is specular (not diffused) and it is killing your image quality. Bright sunlight is great for getting high shutter speeds and higher Fstops at lower...
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Specular Light
I have posted about this before, both here at my blog and on various forums. But for the most part it was in bits and pieces until recently, and I need to not only boil the whole concept down but also...
View ArticleI Should Start Cropping
This video pretty much shattered my preconcieved notions about the number of pixels needed for a large print. I have even made poster size prints with 10MP and 12MP images that looked great, so why am...
View ArticleThe Global Billboard Project
I am a contender in the Global Billboard Project. If you like my work, then please go to the Global Billboard Project web site and the Twitter post and give me a like. Thanks!!!
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Bugslife Bug Photography Second Place Award
I took second place in the Bugslife Bug Photography Awards in the flies, bees. ants, and wasps category for this shot:
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Painting Myself Out of a Corner
Back when I started shooting color positive slides in the late 80s there was a lot of emphasis on using the viewfinder for composition, and to crop in post only when necessary. Composing with the...
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Extreme Macro the Art of Patience Volume II
It only took me 12 years, but I finally published Extreme Macro the Art of Patience Volume II today. It is available in several formats and should already be available in Apple eBook format from Blurb...
View ArticleHow a Nat Geo Photographer Selects the Best Images from a Shoot | Whittle...
Steve Winter has been a contributing wildlife photographer for National Geographic. In this video, shot for Wired, he explains his thought process on composition and how he selects his best images. A...
View ArticleLight Quality Tutorials
I stumbled onto a couple of really good light tutorials on YouTube. If you are havng difficulty getting good light quality these videos may help you sort it out.
View ArticleTopaz Labs Clarity
I have some good news! As many of you know I use Topaz Labs Clarity for editing my photos, but unfortunately it has been discontinued by Topaz. I sent an email to them asking about allowing access to...
View ArticleNew Book at the Apple eBook Store
Extreme Macro the Art of Patience Volume II is available at the Apple eBook store :)
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