Photographing insects in the field demands higher shutter speeds, a steady hand, and a smaller aperture to ensure sharpness. On warm summer days, insects are mobile and easily found. However, they provide minimal opportunities to carefully compose an image – they are too busy flying, feeding, and living life. Choosing a complementary background for the […]
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Macro photography provides a window into details of the world that often escape (or are invisible to) the naked eye. Photographer Levon Biss used close-up photos to capture the incredible diversity of embryonic plant in his project The Hidden Beauty of Seeds and Fruits. petapixel.com »
2021-11-23 20:22
Photographer Timothy Boomer captures beautiful macro photographs of plant galls, which are growths that form in response to some outside stimulus. For his work, Boomer focuses on growths caused by the tiny gall wasp. petapixel.com »
2021-07-06 17:43
After a series of experiments, an art director has created a macro photo series of ice crystals after he happened to notice the interesting way they formed on the inside of his freezer. Montreal-based Christopher Dormoy has previously shared his ice-based photography and video work with PetaPixel. petapixel.com »
2021-05-25 23:58
Photographer Chris Perani specializes in shooting extreme macro photos of insects using microscopes. For one of his projects, he focused on butterfly wings and capturing them in an extraordinary amount of detail. petapixel.com »
2018-10-16 20:11
This is my account of how I’ve fallen in love with snowflake photography… I’ve spent the better part of my life photographing nature’s smallest details. My early years of shooting botanicals eventually evolved into my current obsession with macro insect and spider photography. petapixel.com »
2018-01-31 22:09
Macro photography has the power to transport viewers into unimaginable worlds that are often right beneath our noses. What may seem dull to the naked eye, often comes to life when viewed through a macro lens. boredpanda.com »
2017-10-18 08:46
Photographer Andre Occenstein of Recife, Brazil, is on a mission to capture new and unusual perspectives of ordinary kitchen objects. His latest series shows utensils in creative closeups. “The question was what could I do differently?,” Occenstein says. petapixel.com »
2016-11-25 20:55
Want to see exactly what the new Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 30mm 1:3.5 Macro lens looks like in the flesh?
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photographyblog.com »2016-09-22 13:08
A gallery of hands-on photos of the new Fujifilm XF 23mm F2 R WR, XF 50mm F2 R WR, and XF 80mm F2.8 R LM OIS WR Macro lenses and the X-A3 camera. Read more and comment » photographyblog.com »
2016-09-22 13:08
Want to see exactly what the new Sony FE 50mm F2.8 Macro lens looks like in the flesh?
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photographyblog.com »2016-09-21 22:39
Photos of disassembled cameras are usually created by laying out the parts neatly and shooting a photo from above. James over at CasualPhotophile went a step further: he shot hundreds of macro photos of the individual components and stitched them together into an ultra-high-res “exploded camera” image of the Nikon F3. “I’ve gone through the […] petapixel.com »
2016-09-20 23:21
The Rigid.Pro Cinerig Base turns a mirrorless camera into a box-style cinema camera.
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Lexar's latest storage solutions target professional workflows from every angle: memory cards, external storage, and data transfer. [Read More]
Profoto's varied lighting solutions are designed primarily for professionals, especially studio photographers. Hence, the company also offers comprehensive business and workflow services for working pros, including its ProStudio software that promises to shorten the time from capture to output. [Read More]
The iPad is quickly becoming a more viable tool for creators to use as their main workflow solution. The recent introduction of Final Cut Pro for iPad has been a big part of the improvement to making the iPad more useful for my own work.
Blackmagic Design has announced Blackmagic Cloud Sync, a new feature of its Blackmagic Cloud storage platform that enables cameras to sync media into a DaVinci Resolve bin while the camera is actively recording. [Read More]
Audio company Hollyland debuted its Pyro Series of wireless transmitters at NAB last month, kicking things off with the Pyro H. Now, just over a month later, Hollyland is back with another Pyro product, the Pyro S.
Western Digital (WD) has expanded its SanDisk product portfolio with a new 8TB SSD designed for desktop use. The SanDisk Desk Drive, the highest-capacity external desktop SSD to date, promises speed, reliability, and plenty of storage for content creators. [Read More]