Macro Digital Photography

By Amy Renfrey

Taking digital photography of macro, particularly abstract, is an incredibly stimulating art form. One of the reasons why macro digital photography is so good is because the objective is to get as much detail as you can.

And the subject is not often distinguishable. You can turn a basic household item into a brightly colored world filled with shapes, lines and form. It allows the mind to take a break from categorizing everything and lets the imagination just enjoy the art form.

Macro Digital Photography Examples

Reduced Lighting

In macro digital photography, it’s very important to understand that you will be working with less light. What tends to happen is that you have less light on a smaller surface than you do a larger surface. This can lead to the need, in your digital macro photography, to adjust your F Stop to compensate for less light. And not only that, but in digital photography macro but your lens so you can get the important sections of your macro subject and focus on a shallow depth of field.

Importance of Composition

Composition is everything in Macro digital photography. Due to the fact that you are working with an absence of defining ehlements you find yourself working with the tone, texture, shape and light of the subject. To capture your lines, shapes, tones and texture well, make sure you have the right exposure.

This means that in all aspects of your digital macro photography you'll need to get the right macro lenses. If you don’t have macro lenses and you wish to practice, I suggest grabbing a magnifying glass and seeing what things look like up close. Keep in mind that this is not an effective long term photographic tool, but it does open your mind when you first start macro digital photography.

Tip For Success in Macro Photography

One tip I can give you for successful macro digital photography is to take "portions" of subjects up close. Find a point in your macro digital photography that shows flowing lines, symmetry and a loving gentleness that you normally would not find at normal distance. For example take the center of a flower, such as a daisy. You will notice that the center of the daisy comes alive with a softness and fascination that can only be obtained by macro digital photography.

To practice your digital macro photography, take your magnifying glass and really look up close at sections of subjects that have lots of detail up close. You can choose the grain of wood, clothing material, flowers and even colored objects such as semi precious stones. You’ll find that subjects with very, very small fine detail are the best digital photography macro subjects. So get practicing!

Amy is the author of a wonderful ebook titled "Digital Photography Success".  I love her easy and practical style of writing.  I highly recommend this book for the photography enthusiast in all of us.  When you are ready to create beautiful digital photographs, be sure and check out Digital Photography Success.