Macro - Work Diary

This is my best photograph of the macro shoot, I really like how the eye is in focus when the rest of the photograph isn't. This brings attention to the eye rather than the rest of the face.  The glasses frame the eye especially and draw all of the attention to that part of the face.

This is my worst photograph from the macro shoot. I think that the lighting isn't very good as it darkens one side a lot, whereas the other photographs only have this a little bit.

Progression:

If I was to redo this shoot I would probably take photographs of something different, not people, as although it worked, I don't think that it looked that good. In addition, I think that if I was to do this again I would set the lighting up better as it was quite dark and I don't think that this looks good.

Macro - Straight Images

Macro Close up - Definition Post

Magnification:
Macro photography has to do with the size that your subject is projected onto your camera's sensor. If you have a one inch object, its projection at 'life-size' would be one inch on the camera's sensor.

Macro photography is when you photograph a small objects that look larger than life size 

When an object is projected at life size it is called 1:1, this means it is life size, 2:1 means it is double the size

Tips for macro:

• Use a tripod

• Explore aperture, the lower aperture may not be suitable as the depth of field is limited

• Use of additional lighting (flash)

• Focus manually (decide where your point of focus should be)

This is an example of macro photography, this bug looks incredibly large and on the screen it looks as large as my thumb, however in real life it is probably less than half this size. This type of photography is really interesting and I would like to look at this later in the year when I'm not studying portraiture.

I really like this photograph because the raspberry looks life size whilst the hornets look bigger than life size, I think that this is probably double the size of what hornets actually are. In addition, the small depth of field makes this photograph even better because we can see that there is another hornet in the background, however it is not focused on at all. The viewers eyes are drawn to the three hornets near the raspberry.

This photograph is really good, I think it is a great example of macro photography. The insect definitely looks larger than life, I also think it is very good because it is only focused on the bug and the thing it has landed on, whereas the photograph before is focused on a few things. The background of this photo is very pretty even though it is blurred out.