The Art of Macro
By Jeff Insel I was very fortunate to spend a weekend working with two great photographers, Amy Horn and Bruce Taubert, along with fellow photo guide David Goodell. This workshop is excellent for thos...
AHPS Super Macro Photography Workshop
By Jeff Insel In July, I was fortunate to work the Super Macro workshop featuring Amy Horn and Bruce Taubert as the instructors/photographers. There aren’t many organizations teaching Super Macro so...
MACRO VS. CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHY
By Vicki Uthe Something became clear to me recently. I realized the difference between macro and close-up photography and concluded that I’m really more of a close-up photographer than a macro perso...
Bugs are Beautiful
Author: Bruce Taubert For whatever reason I have become obsessed with taking macro and micro photographs of bugs. Beetles, files, wasps, bees, stink bugs, moths, butterflies, and whatever other bu...
Photographing with Extension Tubes
Author: David Halgrimson Here is a little info on using extension tubes to get that super close shot. An extension tube is used on a lens to allow for getting closer to a subject. It is mounted betwee...
Capture Your Moment: Macro-Photography
Bruce Taubert will be presenting two learning sessions at Arizona Highways Photo Workshops’ 30th Anniversary Symposium. Here’s more about his “Macro- Photography” Session. Bruce takes ph...
3 Keys to Dazzling Macro Photography
Author: Dean Hueber 1) Size Matters: Size, in this case, is the size of your images’ depth of field. You want your subject in focus, which is not to say that limited focus can not be a creat...
Macro iPhoneography
Author: Amy Horn My neighborhood has a wonderful display of garden flowers and I love to photograph flowers. So, on my daily dog walks I carry my iPhone and a macro lens to capture the beautiful neigh...
To Stack or not to Stack?
by Bruce Taubert A few years ago I became quite excited about photographing “jumping spiders.” They have beautiful eyes, a hairdo that would make Alfalfa jealous, and all sorts of interesting feat...