References
Macro Photography Tips for Point and Shoot Compact Digital Cameras
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/macro-photography-tips-for-compact-digital-camera-users/
Fine Art Photography
by M. Plonsky
This is a very practical tutorial that might better be titled "Bug Photography
with a Point-and-shoot," written by a professor, with lots of pictorial
examples - covering equipment, camera settings, lighting and flash, tripod
issues, methods, etc. Everything he does is with a non-SLR camera.
Macro Photography -
how to take close-up pictures of small things by
Philip Greenspun
General discussion, covers equipment (cameras, lenses) exposure and lighting and
focus.
Macro Photography Tips for Point and Shoot Compact Digital Cameras
Covers selecting Macro Mode, tripods, aperture settings, focusing, composition,
flash, lighting, using self-timer.
Digital Photography Tips for Beginners from
digital-photography-school.com
Macro Digital Photo Walk at Shark Inlet 27 August 2009 Handout
Macro Digital Photo Walk Handout
(http://photomorrobay.com/walks/lessons/macros/ )
Visit PhotoMorroBay.com, where you can join (1) our Yahoo! Group for discussions and (2) our Flickr Group for photo sharing and critique.
Post three of your best photos from today's walk to this Flickr group.
Scope out your subject - walk around, visualize, compose
- Background elements, simple, cluttered, sky, weeds
- Portrait or landscape mode
- Focal points, select, focus on; set on same plane
Tripod
Manual Focus - Liveview 100% viewing mode; 90-degree Angle Finder 2.5X; focus by moving camera; luck says take many photos
Fill Flash - reduce ambient light with high-speed shutter; bounce; external; off-camera
Self-timer or remote shutter
Tight aperture for more depth-of-field
Wide aperture for object/background separation using blur
Diffuse harsh direct sunlight with screen/cloth; overcast days may be best
Select Macro Mode if applicable (closer focusing, wider aperture for blur)
P&S Zooms, go wide, not narrow, for focusing at closest positions
Spray water bottle for simulated dew
Mike Baird mike [at} mikebaird d o t com flickr.bairdphotos.com photomorrobay.com
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