MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY

Hello Friends,

When we talk about Macro Photography, people misunderstand about the concept and therefore creates confusion. Sometimes we get jumbled between the Macro photography and Micro Concept............so let’s discuss about it……..

Macro photography is also Known as close-up photography... It is true that Macro means "Big" and Micro means "Small" but If the subject you are photographing is small and you want it to look big, you end up with a "macro" view of a "micro" subject so it is called Macro photography this is the difference….

When I got to know about macro photography , even I was confused and luckily I met Yuwaraj Gurjar who is renowned personality in Macro Photography. By outdoor tour with Yuwaraj helped me for the clear idea for this concept and I logically tried to understand it --- like why u call it as Macro and not micro etc and finally got the above definition.

Before my area of interest was only for wild life but when I started knowing about macro it also became one of my favorite areas of interest. Photography itself is not just interesting rather more creative activity and the topics and areas are more creative and challenging as well.

What I learnt from Macro Photography –

1)Respect Nature and be careful while clicking the shots .

2)Always Study the behavior of insects before photographing them.

3)Always focus on eyes of an insects.

4)The greatest Quality of Macro Photography is patience.

5)While clicking close to the subject, it is possible that your shadow might cast on the subject. So I Avoid that.

6) Close-up filters always work for this activity but their only drawback is that they reduce sharpness slightly.

7) Successful Macro photography requires careful planning of the composition, thorough research of the subject, planning, observation and patience.

If you enjoy observing nature’s minute details like insects or leaves or any man made objects like coins, pins, coils - macro photography could be gratifying. Macro photography implies a magnification of 1:1. In other words, the subject’s image on the camera’s sensor is the same size as the subject. Photography is not merely a creation of images but a continuous study and learning of nature in all its different manifestations.

Please share your experiences and comments about it. This blog welcomes everyone to express their ideas.

Regards

Trupti S.