Close-Up & Macro Photography (Expanded Guide: Techniques): Expanded Guides Techniques - Softcover

Tracy Hallett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907708006 ISBN 13: 9781907708008

Publisher: Ammonite Press, 2011

Synopsis

This new series of Expanded Guides focuses on photographic techniques not only to give you a comprehensive grounding in the subject but also takes you a step further to enable you to get much more from your photography. Expert advice, with useful hints and tips, is given by professional photographers, using practical examples of techniques for clarity, illustrated in full colour with the aid of clear diagrams and charts. Macro Photography is an essential guide to a fascinating technique, beginning with an explanation of the difference between close-up and macro work. Aimed at both the novice and more experienced amateur, the book describes the equipment for capturing true macro images, the 'macro' mode on standard DSLRs, and the use of zoom lenses, wide-angle lenses, dedicated macro lenses, teleconverters, bellows and reversing rings. The theory of exposure and metering, light, colour and flash is explained, and there's practical advice on composition and focusing. Project ideas include success with flower photography, capturing the textures of materials such as bark and lichen, abstracts from everyday objects, photographing insects, and studio work with food and jewellery.

About this title

About the Author:

Tracy Hallett is a former editor of Outdoor Photography magazine. Her work has been featured in over 20 consumer magazines, and exhibited at The Photographers' Gallery and The National Portrait Gallery in London. Tracy's recent projects include photographing all the wildflower species in Sussex, and visiting all of the offshore islands in Great Britain. She live in the New Forest in Hampshire, UK with her husband Dan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ammonite Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1907708006
• ISBN 13: 9781907708008
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192