Close up nature photography ideas

close-up-leaf

In close up nature photography we occasionally need to take a fresh approach and concentrate on a small part of the view. Look hard and begin to see and appreciate the finer features of the individual parts of the landscape. See how they combine, fitting together like the pieces of a large jigsaw to … [Read more...]

Photo Equipment for Close Up Photography

Flower close up photography

With summer well underway I am doing as much flower photography as time allows. I thought it may be helpful to prepare a list of close up photography tips with an emphasis on the items of photo equipment that I use for close up photography. Firstly, let me stress that photography is not just … [Read more...]

Holy Bible and Red Rose – Still Life

Holy Bible and red rose

A still life table top image for today, a Holy Bible and a red rose. This image was taken with a Canon 50mm f1.4 lens set at f2.2 using natural light, it has a very shallow depth of field to give it an ephemeral quality. This Holy Bible still life image was prepared in Adobe Lightroom 3, … [Read more...]

Vitamin pills – destined for stock library

This image of vitamin pills was one of many images created to produce a selection of stock images with a 'health' theme, these will be placed with photo stock library hopefully uploaded sometime this week. In this shot the vitamin pills are spilling from their bottle, shallow depth of field … [Read more...]

Three strawberries – Stock Photo Agency

An indoor shot titled this 'Three strawberries', rather unremarkable I know but I struggled to find anything better to call it. Whilst it is no way a momentous image it will eventually be sent off to the stock photo agency. … [Read more...]