Macro Photography Tips And Tricks For Everyone

I bet you all have seen these beautiful close-up photos of flowers or insects where you can clearly see all the smallest details.

This technique is called macro photography.

Usually only professional expensive cameras with numerous lenses can produce such photos.

In this article you will discover how to make great macro photos with regular compact digital cameras even if you’re not a pro.

like this:

Pressing the button activates the macro mode that will enable you to focus much more closer on the object you’re photographing and to capture the details that were previously too small.

For comparison, most compact digital cameras set in macro mode will focus approximately 1 to 1.5 feet away from the subject versus normal mode that focuses about 3 feet away.

Just because macro mode is represented by a flower doesn’t mean that flowers are the only allowable subject. 

Get creative with a few of the following macro photo ideas

• Flowers and insects
• Human eye
• Baby's fingers and toes
• Textures, fabric, stone, wood
• Coins
• More details in your online auction images
• Tiny parts

Just turn on you imagination.

And you’ll see how many items you can shoot to get excellent macro pictures to later share with your friends and family - they will be impressed!

So here are the steps and a few tips and tricks for taking better macro shots with your digital camera:

1. Turn on the macro mode by pressing the flower icon (make sure the icon appears in your camera’s LCD screen)
2. Compose your shot and press your shutter button halfway down to lock in the exposure and focus.
3. Experiment with the angle and distance to your subject until the focus looks sharp in your LCD viewfinder.
4. Expereriment with your camera’s zoom feature until you are happy with the perspective
5. Use a magnifying glass in front of your lens to get even closer to your subject. The results can be really amazing
6. Capture water droplets on your flower images by spraying water on the petals right before the shot.
7. Diffuse harsh light by using tissue paper or a transparent, white plastic grocery bag between your light source and your subject.
8. Reflect light into your scene with tin foil or a car dashboard reflector.