Digital Macro and Close-Up Photography For Dummies

Master macro techniques and capture brilliant up-close
photos

Macro photography uses specialty lenses and advanced digital
cameras to capture stunning up-close images. This book helps you
understand the nuances of macro techniques so you can take unique
and remarkable close-up digital photos. Equipment recommendations,
helpful tips, and coverage of specialized elements that are
exclusive to macro photography all aim to make you more savvy and
comfortable with macro and close-up techniques. In addition, the
easy-to-follow steps and suggested exercises go a long way to make
you more familiar with your camera's capabilities so that you can
take fantastic photos.

• Introduces the techniques of macro photography and explores how
  to capture stunning close-up digital photos

• Reviews using macro lenses, extension tubes, reversing rings,
  and other camera equipment and accessories

• Shares tips for exposure and lighting techniques in the macro
  format

• Addresses depth of field, working distance, and framing when
  shooting

• Covers where to find subjects to shoot and setting up your
  macro studio

With full-color examples and technique comparisons, this fun and
friendly book presents step-by-step guidance for taking your
close-up photography skills to the next level.

Autorentext
Thomas Clark is a professional photographer whose portfolio has landed him gigs with Sony, Nike, Puma, and Subliminal Records. You can view his image galleries on his website, tomclarkphoto.com.

Zusammenfassung
Master macro techniques and capture brilliant up-close photos Macro photography uses specialty lenses and advanced digital cameras to capture stunning up-close images. This book helps you understand the nuances of macro techniques so you can take unique and remarkable close-up digital photos. Equipment recommendations, helpful tips, and coverage of specialized elements that are exclusive to macro photography all aim to make you more savvy and comfortable with macro and close-up techniques. In addition, the easy-to-follow steps and suggested exercises go a long way to make you more familiar with your camera's capabilities so that you can take fantastic photos.

• Introduces the techniques of macro photography and explores how to capture stunning close-up digital photos
• Reviews using macro lenses, extension tubes, reversing rings, and other camera equipment and accessories
• Shares tips for exposure and lighting techniques in the macro format
• Addresses depth of field, working distance, and framing when shooting
• Covers where to find subjects to shoot and setting up your macro studio
  With full-color examples and technique comparisons, this fun and friendly book presents step-by-step guidance for taking your close-up photography skills to the next level.

Inhalt

Introduction.

Part I: Getting Acquainted with Macro and Close-Up
Photography.

Chapter 1: Discovering the Basics of Macro and Close-Up
Photography.

Chapter 2: Close-Up, but No Cigar: How Macro and Close-Up
Photography Differ.

Chapter 3: Developing an Eye for Details.

Part II: Equipment: What You Need, What's Nice to
Have.

Chapter 4: Lenses and the Tools That Enhance Them.

Chapter 5: Choosing the Right Macro Lens for You.

Chapter 6: Grasping the Gear That Gets You the Shot.

Chapter 7: Macro Photography and Your Point and Shoot Digital
Camera.

Part III: Creating Successful Images: Light, Composition, and
Exposure.

Chapter 8: Making the Most of Natural Light.

Chapter 9: Shooting in the Studio with Artifi cial Light
Sources.

Chapter 10: Composing Macro and Close-Up Images to Suit Your
Subjects.

Chapter 11: Choosing the Appropriate Exposure Settings for Your
Subjects.

Part IV: Techniques for Shooting Subjects of All
Types.

Chapter 12: Macro and Close-Up Photography in Nature.

Chapter 13: Close-Ups of People (And Other Animals).

Chapter 14: Small Product and Still-Life Photography.

Chapter 15: Tricks of the Trade for Jewelry and Other Refl
ective Subjects.

Chapter 16: Extreme Macro Photography: Working with Tiny
Subjects.

Chapter 17: Improving Your Macro and Close-Up Images in
Postproduction.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Close-Up Photography with Your Digital
Point and Shoot.

Chapter 19: Ten Subjects to Explore with Macro and Close-Up
Photography.

Index.