I recently purchased a light pad. Nothing expensive — I just needed something to start photographing the massive amount of slides I have. My old slide scanner is so slow and I wanted to try using the DSLR method. Ever since I purchased it I’ve had other ideas about how
Adding a macro lens to your smartphone is a great way to expand the capabilities of what your mobile camera can do. In this Apexel APL-HB100MM Macro Lens review I’m taking a look at what this surprisingly beautiful lens delivers for smartphone photography. Firstly, this macro lens is impressively priced
From desk lamps to studio lights, Lume Cube is known for their lighting products. I was excited for the opportunity to try out the newest version of the Lume Cube 2.0. The Lume Cube 2.0 packs a lot of light in a tiny package. Studio-quality light for photo and video
Are you looking for macro photography without the cost of a macro lens? Why not try extension tubes a go? These are fantastic to take on holidays as they will work with any lens. I recently captured some beautiful orchids in a greenhouse with my Tamron 28-75mm and 70-300mm and
Are you ready to capture the beauty of spring with your camera? As the weather warms up, it’s time to dust off your gear and head outside to photograph flowers, bugs and other exciting things of the season. To inspire and guide you, we have compiled a collection of articles
For the past several years, our Thanksgiving has been pretty low-key as a family. We sleep in, watch football and eat turkey. Needless to say, there’s not much activity…unless you’re in the kitchen. And while we’ve all seen tons of cooked turkey photos, I challenge you this Thanksgiving to go
With fall officially underway, now’s the perfect time to pick up a macro lens to help capture nature’s beauty. Whether you’re going after colorful trees or photographing portraits on a vast fall landscape, these lenses will help you to create beautiful fall-time photographs. Sony 90mm f/2.8 Macro If you’ve never
Ahhhh, fall. The fresh, crisp air, the cooler temps and — oh yes — those colorful leaves. Many of us love to get out and photograph the fall leaves in all their landscape glory but how about taking some time to get up close and personal with those leaves and
I recently reviewed the Angler Circo LED Ring Light but was disappointed in its results for portraiture. My thinking was that maybe using it in an environment would hit the mark — and I was right. I paired the ring light with my Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens to photograph
I talked in another article about ways to photograph macro fall leaves indoors. This time I’d like to go outside and play with the macro lens and leaves. You can’t replace the feeling of actually heading out with your camera on a crisp, blue sky fall day. Here are a
I’ve done lots of close-up and macro photography in my career, and I’ve tried many methods to get better results. We know that focusing close to a subject is one of the ways to make a very shallow depth of field, and when you zoom in and shoot close and
1:1 Macro lenses give photographers the chance to enter into a magical world; the best part is that you don’t have to break the bank to experience it. Macro photography is a fascinating genre, especially if you’re a curious person. You see, there are hundreds and thousands of objects, bugs,
