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Product Description
Learn how to create unusual and striking close-up images both in the field and in your own backyard with this fun, practical, new downloadable eBook pdf (159 pages, 74.2 MB).
Acclaimed fine art nature photographer and workshop instructor, Charles Needle, who specializes in creative close-ups and finding the "art of nature," guides you through all the necessary steps to discover hidden treasures in tiny worlds that are ordinarily overlooked by the human eye and capture them with heart and vision.
Using step-by-step illustration photos, stunning full-color examples, and clear understandable text, Charles shares professional tips and techniques that will help you take your image-making from ordinary to extraordinary. He’ll explain how to sharpen your visual sensitivity and go beyond literal interpretation—recording not just what you see through the viewfinder, but also conveying what you feel.
Topics Covered
- Equipment
- Lighting
- Fill-flash
- Composition
- Depth-of-field
- Use of props
- Selective-focus macro
- Wide-angle macro
- Camera movement
- Multiple exposures
- Montage techniques
- and more!
Unique Features
- Easy-to-follow reference guide for anyone interested in learning how to see familiar subjects with new eyes.
- Step-by-step illustration photos to help explain innovative shooting techniques.
- Stunning, full-color examples of Charles’ award-winning work with extended captions that include technical information and personal commentary.
- Exercises to help sharpen your visual acuity and expand creativity.
- Comprehensive list of resources for purchasing props, specialized macro photography equipment, and helpful books (including hyperlinks to websites).
- Printable Adobe Acrobat PDF book (or load directly onto your laptop or desktop computer, giving you an instant reference whenever you need it).
Please see the Specifications below for this eBooks Table of Contents and information on downloading eBooks.
Specifications
Table Of Contents
About the Author
Foreword by Nancy Rotenberg
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Mindful Photography
- a. Introduction - Learning how to observe and see, developing a relationship with your subject, making vs. taking a photograph
- b. Paradise Found
- c. HeartSong
Chapter 2: Equipment
- a. Camera System
- b. Lenses & Accessories
- c. Camera Supports
- d. Other Cool, Useful Gadgets & Props
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Macro Photography
- a. Close-up vs. Macro
- b. Lens Focal Length
- c. Depth-of-Field
- d. Focusing Techniques
- e. Exposure
- f. Lighting
- g. Flash and Close-up Photography
- h. Composition
- i. Practice Good Habits
Chapter 4: Using Props to Enhance Your Close-up Photography
- a. Textured Glass
- b. Iridescent Glass
- c. Flower Reflections on Iridescent Glass
- d. Glass as the Main Subject
- e. Water Droplets on Glass
- f. Food Coloring, Water & Three Vases
- g. Glycerin on Prismatic Bulletin Board
- h. Magical Mylar
- i. Feather Boa Fun
- j. Copper Leaf Ornament
- k. Nautilus Shell
- l. Nautilus Shell Revisited
- m. Cross-Polarization Technique
- n. Iridescent Flower Vase
- o. Magic’s Water Bowl
- p. Architectural Glass Block
- q. Bubble-bottomed Drinking Glass
- r. Copper Pot
- s. Frozen Maple Leaf
- t. Garden Hose
Chapter 5: Selective-Focus Macro
- a. Shooting Through with a Telephoto Lens
- b. Macro Lens with Extension Tube
- c. Lensbaby
- d. Lensbaby Examples
- e. Close-up Lens
- f. De-focusing
Chapter 6: Creative Camera Techniques
- a. Camera Movement
- b. Multiple Exposures
- c. How to Use the Nikon Multiple-Exposure Feature
- d. How to Zoom & Rotate
- e. Montage
- f. How to Use the Nikon Image Overlay Feature
- g. Taleidoscope Lens
Appendix & Resource Guide
- a. Macro Accessories You Can Purchase from Charles
- b. Other Useful Equipment Links
- c. Sources for Macro Props
- d. Helpful Books
- e. Magazines & Newsletters
- f. Organizations
- g. Online Macro Resources
- h. Inspiring Photographers
- i. Public Gardens to Visit & Photograph
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