Macro Photography Research

Erin McHugh

Macro photography is extremely close up photography that captures the details of an object. It most often has the lens bigger than the subject of the image.

What is macro photography?

Examples Of Macro

This is a nice macro shot of two ladybugs from John Carbone on gettyimages.com

This is a great macro shot of an eye by Tatiana Maktora on shutterstock.com! I really like the way the yellow and blue

look

THIS BUTTERFLY PICTURE IS A GREAT MACRO EXAMPLE BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE GREAT DETAIL IN THE WINGS AND ON THE FLOWER!

IT CAN BE FOUND AT: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-9943284-clearwing-butterfly-greta-oto.php?st=1482fbe

THIS COLORED PENCIL PHOTO REALLY CAPTURES THE CONCEPT OF MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHOWING THE DETAILS IN THE

WOOD OF EACH PENCIL. IT IS BY MAX RIESGO ON SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

THIS PICTURE OF A RAINBOW CRAB IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY BECAUSE IT CAPTURES ALL

THE DETAILS OF THE CRABS SHELL! BY TORMIK TOPUS ON SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

Macro photography is done well in this photo. The way you can see each wisp of the dandelion shows how close the

photographer got! It can be found on shutterstock.com by Svetlana Lukiento

Macro photography can’t be shot with film cameras we used in the beginning of the year. While point and shoot cameras can work, but single-lens reflex cameras are the best. They have special lenses that can capture extreme close up detail that other lenses can’t.

What You Need for Macro Photography

5 items that I can take pictures of in my macro photography shoot are:

An eyeball Jewelry plants/leaves A pet fabric

What I can shoot for macro