Shoot Macro Photos

Simply taking a photograph and shooting a macro photograph is different thing. To shoot macro photo, you have to take some extra steps. Follow below steps to shoot macro photo.

Compact Digital Camera

 * 1) Change your shooting condition to macro mode in your digital camera.
 * 2) You have to point your camera very close to the object, so that focus will only be on the object.
 * 3) Use tripod to prevent shaking of camera. In macro photography, you have to shoot accurately without blur or any other type of effect as you are shooting it very close, the effect will be seen on your photograph clearly.
 * 4) *You can use self-timer to prevent shaking during pressing shutter button.
 * 5) Press the shutter to take photo. In some cameras, press shutter halfway to focus the object, then press to end to take the photo.

Set

 * 1) Put the camera such that the distance between the object must be within the scope of the provisions, otherwise can't focusing accurately.
 * 2) Use tripod to prevent camera shake, due to which focus is not accurate and the impact of the more apparent.
 * 3) *In a shallow depth of field macro photography it shows the object details with small aperture. Due to small aperture and shutter is slow, so a tripod use at this time appears very important.
 * 4) Do not use telephoto lens to shoot, the effect is not good enough, because it can't get close to the object.

Exposure and background

 * 1) The exposure and macro photography with a little common shooting differences. Macro shot of the objects are generally small, metering system may be background had fooled, would then use the exposure compensation adjustment, if the background is too dark, will reduce exposure, if too bright to increase exposure.
 * 2) When shooting for best and macro background, this can let the subject more outstanding. General can choose neutral grey paper as a background, use gray can make more accurate exposure, still can make background is very weak, this kind of colour and any colour can match. Also can use white or black background, but exposure will pay special attention, because they are very easy to cause the exposure is not accurate.

Preview

 * 1) When shooting from the macro lens due to close to the target, so of the depth of field are usually very shallow, then the main body of the best shots in and shot the same plane perpendicular to the axis, try as far as possible to all main body all sharp enough.

Flash

 * 1) Macro photographs when generally don't use a flash, because the distance close to easily excessive exposure.
 * 2) If natural lightening is not sufficient, then use some artificial light. Be sure that you have correct lightening exposure.

Related Tips and Steps

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