Macro is close up photography and I used my Canon 5d Mark III and my Canon 100mm macro lens. Lighting consisted at times of natural light, strobe lights provided by the instructor, and my own Canon MR-14-ex II ring light. With few exceptions, most of the work was done on a tripod.
For extreme close up photography, I used a bellows attached between my camera and a lens. Guess what this object is???
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Then I used a white box to photograph my watch. You could do the same for any product, food, object. One of the difficulties I had in the past was eliminating the glare off the watch face. Here, I used a small Canon 270ex flash, pointed outside the white box through the cloth and got a real even light.
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Here's some examples of using red dye in water for interesting drips and crashing glasses.
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And, here's what photographing smoke in the dark looks like. Two strobes from each side, triggered by my remote control.
We had a flower pot in the classroom and I decided to do some macro work with these. The next example is a shot used with a Canon Ring Light.
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And the class ends. Here's a photo of the sunset looking west from Shade's Restaurant in San Diego.
The weekend we spent going to Balboa Park and La Jolla and the beach. I used a Canon 24-105mm lens during the weekend.
Until My Next Adventure,
(Iceland!)
See You On Down The Road!