Macro

I got a new lens! She's beautiful. A zoom walk around that will work great for portraits, landscapes and interiors. While I was at George's Camera, I signed up for a macro class. It was today. Here's my favorite image from the class.


I stood the dandelion up in the straw of my diet soda.
I didn't like the boring brown wall behind it, so I taped some blue tickets up on the wall.
Then I played with different focus points, and I liked the front focus the best.
Then a class member suggested I use my white piece of paper to reflect some light onto the "flower".
The extra light is what made this picture for me. I really like it.

 

Here are some things I learned about Macro photography:

• always, always use a tripod
• turn off autofocus, use manual focus only
• turn off stabilization
• watch out for wind!
• adobe lightroom for organizing and golden spiral composition
• a remote helps
• it's super duper hard