I am a very biased and opinionated person on all subjects I care about - so it is especially true for photography. I really have not published a ‘beginners photography’ blog because there are so many of them out there already. However, after seeing a number that I sharply disagree with, I thought I would [...]
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On a recent post I received a question over how the Canon 500D diopter compares with a true macro lens. When I first bought my camera, I knew I wanted to do macro but I didn’t have the money for a true macro lens. I wound up purchasing the Sigma 80-400 4.5-5.6 OS lens along [...]
Of all the equipment necessary for macro photography, it seems like lighting is the most controversial. I think lighting in general is considered an “unnecessary evil” by many photographers. After all, few photographers would argue about putting down the money for a good 70-200 or 24-70 2.8 lens (assuming they have that much). However, I [...]
In my last post, I started discussing what is necessary to get started in macro photography. I started with the basics – extension tubes and diopters. Eventually though, once you get sufficiently addicted to macro photography you will want to buy a macro lens. So which macro lens should you buy? While I cannot answer [...]
Macro photography is unique from other types of photography in that equipment does make a serious difference. With landscape and people photography a wide variety of lenses can be useful. While certain lenses are obviously better than others, the truth is a top notch photographer can create interesting pictures with even substandard lenses. This is [...]
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