TIPS: Pocket Digital Cameras For Macro Photography

If you want to buy compact cameras, both digital and regular film, try to buy ones with macro capability.

Maybe you do not see the need for this feature until you look around the site www.fotografer.net with its stunning micro-photography.

Do not be discouraged, pocket cameras can produce interesting macros, as long as you fllow these simple guidelines:

1. Select the object that are not too small (like flowers, insects, body parts, the surface of things) and as much as possible choose stationary objects.

2. Try to use natural lighting as much as possible.

3. Place the camera on a tripod or a quiet, sturdy surface.

4. Compose the objects so as to create a sharp narrow space feel (blurred background or foreground).

5. If using a digital camera, set to highest resolution and lowest ISO (if any ISO setting).

6. Make several photos with a variety of distances and exposure settings (EV), if available, or set the lamp / light sources. Record the settings for each experiment as a reference to determine an appropriate setting for the future.

7. If using a digital camera, do not trust the camera's LCD screen to see the shots. If the memory capacity is too limited to create many combinations of images, immediately upload to the PC to see the results and repeat your experiments until results are satisfactory.

8. Get to know your camera's macro capability (read the manual / specifications). Do not force the macro capability, such as too close or too far from the object and do not exceed the specifications mentioned because the results can certainly not be good.


via Judhi Prasetyo, Fotografer.net

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