closeUP: japanese magnolia

March 30th, 2010 by Digital Photographer Posted in Blog

Japanese Magnolia (My Granny called it a Tulip Tree!)
© tjs1963

closeUP: daisy

February 3rd, 2010 by Digital Photographer Posted in Blog

daisy #2
© sarah.bird.flies

closeUP: for the chop

February 1st, 2010 by Digital Photographer Posted in Blog

for-the-chop
© KBTimages.co.uk(uk photo art)

closeUP: berries n’ sunshine

January 29th, 2010 by Digital Photographer Posted in Blog

Berries n’ Sunshine
© Jadehannahrae

How To Shoot Macro Photos

December 10th, 2008 by digital photographer Posted in Articles, How-To

by John Holbrook

Macro product photography can be extremely challenging, but also very rewarding. Commercial opportunities for high quality product close ups are strong and growing, both in print and online. In the following pages, I’m going to illustrate the techniques I’ve learned over the past several years doing commercial macro photography of wrist watches. Once you’ve mastered the challenges of photographing a wrist watch, you’ll be well prepared to do all manner of macro product photography.

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