Macro Live Chat Show #19 - Fire Win a $50 gift card from Amazon by sharing our show #19!! YES... It's our 1 year birthday and we ARE celebrating! I...
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Is the Canon MR-14exII Macro Ring Lite for you? There are many reasons to add more light to your subject. But before you do…know why you’re doing it. When…
Tell Your Photo Story I had a great question from Jamie Christianson. We were talking about Macro Photography (photographing up close) and he wanted to know where I start first…
Problems with Your Colors – White Balance your Camera If you’re a Macro and Close up photographer and love photographing rich colors, you’ve probably have had some problems getting those dark or…
Reducing Your Dark Background From Your Flash On my first live chat show, one of the critique submissions from William was perfect for a deep dive video. He had a…
Photograph Flowers Outdoors Yep, it’s true. I think flowers are the most photographed subject (besides people shots) out there. SO WHAT? I love to photograph flowers and if you…
“ It was a fabulous show ! Appreciated your critique very much, great advice given. I have to say that you took the mystery out of histograms for me. I...
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Understanding the f-Stop, Shutter Speed and ISO One of the problems I see the most when people ask, “why isn’t my photograph looking the way I want it to look…
Anza Borrego Photo Boo Boo Kevin and I decided to head out for a road trip to Anza Borrego. I’ve heard about the super bloom in the desert and I…
In the last post I shared 10 inspirations to get you motivated to photograph macro & close-up! If you’re looking for creative ideas, here is my favorite Macro Photographing…
I always appreciate finding inspirational ideas to get me excited again while I play with my camera and macro lens. I want to share with my favorite 10 tips to get…
I’m so excited to announce that Ashley and I have made our FIRST calendar! These are the flood series you all have been seeing lately. 🙂 Ashley put awesome inspirational quotes…
I just made a video this Tuesday on 5 tips to get you started with Macro Photography. I thought to myself, “Some people would rather read about these steps instead…
Oh yeah! I’m way too excited to be a judge for the Close Up Art Photo Contest on Viewbug! There are so many amazing creative people out there and for…
One of the many reasons I enjoy photography, is the gadgets you can play with while you photograph. I love a new toy! Today my post will be about some…
A quick post to share work I made yesterday. Fun! Fun! Here is a quick video I made for our private groups on Facebook. 🙂 …
It is so exciting for me to see how other photographers interpret and create their own macro lens paintings. It is also nice to see people post blogs about this style…
In our new Professional Macro & Close-up Photography group, Troy had asked, “We all love taking pictures of flowers (I do as well) and we’ve all seen various angles and…
I was honored to be a guest on the MGAPXL show this past Monday. We had a blast chatting about photography and all the goodies that go along with it…
I’m so excited to announce that I started a Professional Macro & Close-up Photography group on Facebook. It’s not just for professionals, but I do want to encourage serious macro…
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