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November 22, 2020

Macro Photography Backgrounds

November 22, 2020/ Allan Walls
Macro Photography Backgrounds

You macro background can make or break your image!

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November 22, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 1 Comment
Best practices, DIY projects, Equipment, Macro Lighting, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
Picture frame, macro backgrounds, backgrounds, color backgrounds, making backgrounds, DIY
November 11, 2020

DIY Fiber Optic Flash

November 11, 2020/ Allan Walls
DIY Fiber Optic Flash

The coolest thing I have invented this week!

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November 11, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 3 Comments
Macro photography, Macro Lighting, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks, DIY projects, Indoor photography
fiber optic, fiber, flash, DIY, cable
October 24, 2020

Lighting Best Practices in Macro Photography

October 24, 2020/ Allan Walls
Lighting Best Practices in Macro Photography

My Best Practices for macro photography lighting - in the field and in the studio.

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Best practices, Equipment, Macro photography, Nature photography, Opinions & musings, Technical advice
Macro lighting, flash, natural light, field macro, field lighting, diffusion, reflectors, batteries, Eneloop AA
September 06, 2020

Natural Light Macro Photography

September 06, 2020/ Allan Walls
Natural Light Macro Photography

Learn how to use sunlight for macro photography

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September 06, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Macro photography, Tips & Tricks
macro, macro lighting, natural light
August 29, 2020

How a salvaged scanner lens becomes a macro lens for your phone

August 29, 2020/ Allan Walls
How a salvaged scanner lens becomes a macro lens for your phone

Turn a salvaged flatbed scanner into a macro lens for you phone!

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August 29, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
DIY projects, Equipment, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks, Salvaged equipment
macro lens, scanner lens, salvage, copier lens, DIY, repurposed, iPhone lens, phone lens, phone macro
August 13, 2020

Salvaged Silicon

August 13, 2020/ Allan Walls
Salvaged Silicon

Photographing microchips - Step one - salvage a microprocessor…

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August 13, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 1 Comment
DIY projects, Macro photography, Salvaged equipment, Tips & Tricks, Still Life Macro
microchip, silicon, microprocessor, computer, salvage, macro photography, harvesting chips
August 10, 2020

Introducing Pawel Skokowski

August 10, 2020/ Allan Walls
Introducing Pawel Skokowski

Introducing Polish macro photographer, Pawel Skokowski!

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August 10, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment /Source
Insects, Lighting, Macro photography, Nature photography, Tips & Tricks
Pawel, Skokowski, guest, Polish photographer, background, colored backgrounds, portable backgrounds, macro tips, image revew
August 06, 2020

Beyond Infinity

August 06, 2020/ Allan Walls
Beyond Infinity

Understanding the variables in infinity corrected objective photography…

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August 06, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Equipment, Macro Lighting, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks, Extreme macro
imfinity objectives, high magnification, objectives, 10X, infinity corrected, infinity corrected objectives, microscope objectives, relay lens, tube lens, short focusing, short focus, Raynox, DCR-150, infinity space, extension tubes, bellows
July 23, 2020

Focus-stacking Artifacts

July 23, 2020/ Allan Walls
Focus-stacking Artifacts

Understanding focus-stacking artifacts - what they mean, and how to fix them.

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July 23, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
focus stacking, stacking artifacts, srtifacts, fringing, fring, halo, transparency, macro artifacts, Photoshop, stacking, slabbing, Zerene Stacker
July 14, 2020

Ultraviolet Macro Photography - a primer

July 14, 2020/ Allan Walls
Ultraviolet Macro Photography - a primer

An introduction to ultraviolet induced visible fluorescence photography for macro shooters.

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Indoor photography, Lighting, Macro Lighting, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
UV, ultraviolet, UV photography, advanced, macro lighting, fluorescence, advanced technique, special lighting
June 24, 2020

The Circle of Confusion - Chapter One

June 24, 2020/ Allan Walls
The Circle of Confusion - Chapter One

An alternative bellows focusing technique and a tip for grooming your insect!

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June 24, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Equipment, Extreme macro, Indoor photography, Insects, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
cleaning, insect cleaning, dry cleaning, cleaning bees, insect prep
June 20, 2020

Stacking & Stitching for High Resolution Macro Images

June 20, 2020/ Allan Walls
Stacking & Stitching for High Resolution Macro Images

In today’s video I take you through the process of building a very high definition macro photograph, from start to finish.

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June 20, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Camera settings, Editing, Extreme macro, Lightroom & Photoshop, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
stacking, focus stacking, stack & stich, stitching, advanced, high res, high resolution, Photoshop, Zerene, insect prep
June 12, 2020

Slabbing in Zerene Stacker - advanced focus stacking techniques

June 12, 2020/ Allan Walls
Slabbing in Zerene Stacker - advanced focus stacking techniques

In this video I cover the alternative focus stacking workflow known as slabbing.

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June 12, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Editing, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
focus, focus stacking, slabbing, slab, selective stacking, sub-stack, batch processing, Zerene
May 30, 2020

Reversed Lens Photography

May 30, 2020/ Allan Walls
Reversed Lens Photography

Learn how to use a reversed lens to take amazing, high magnification photographs, virtually for free (if you have a camera and a lens - otherwise potentially very expensive).

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May 30, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 1 Comment
Best practices, Equipment, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
reversed, reversed lens, adapters, lens adapters, step-up ring, step-down ring, compound lens, reversing ring, beginner
May 21, 2020

The DIY Macro Stepper

May 21, 2020/ Allan Walls
The DIY Macro Stepper

Have you ever thought of giving extreme macro photography a try, but never did because you couldn’t justify purchasing an automated focus rail? If so, this is a video you should watch.

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May 21, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
DIY projects, Equipment, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Salvaged equipment, Technical advice
DIY, manual steper, focus stack, manual, focus stepping, gears, manual rail, modification
May 17, 2020

Back to Basics - The Bellows

May 17, 2020/ Allan Walls
Back to Basics - The Bellows

Learn how to use the camera bellows for macro photography.

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May 17, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
Best practices, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
Bellows, PB-6, Macro photography, magnification ratio, beginner
May 13, 2020

Going Deep Again!

May 13, 2020/ Allan Walls
Going Deep Again!

Part two in our series on extreme macro photography using infinity corrected microscope objectives. A lot more fun than it sounds like!

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May 13, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
Best practices, Equipment, Macro photography, Technical advice, Extreme macro, Tips & Tricks, Advanced
macro photography, microscope objectives, macro problems, slabbing, focus stacking, focusing rail, internal reflections, objectives, macro troubleshooting
May 06, 2020

Going Deep - Part I - extreme macro photography with infinity corrected microscope objectives

May 06, 2020/ Allan Walls
Going Deep - Part I - extreme macro photography with infinity corrected microscope objectives

Unlocking the magic of super-high magnification macro photography!

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May 06, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 8 Comments
Advanced, Best practices, Equipment, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
Nikon, Nikon Plan Achromat, 10X, high magnification, microscope, objective, optics, infinity, corrected, relay lens, tube lens
April 29, 2020

A Macro Quickie - posing spiders

April 29, 2020/ Allan Walls
A Macro Quickie - posing spiders

How to get a 2mm spider to pose for his portrait!

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April 29, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Beginner, Best practices, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Technical advice
spiders, staging, posing, posing spiders, prep, insect prep, pinning, pin, insect pin, foamboard, microscope, dissecting microscope
April 20, 2020

The guy with a butterfly net...

April 20, 2020/ Allan Walls
The guy with a butterfly net...

Catching, sorting, and shooting REALLY tiny insects - the movie.

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April 20, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 4 Comments
Beginner, Best practices, Equipment, Insects, Macro photography, Tips & Tricks
insect prep, preparing insects, catching, storing, bug, catching bugs, net, alcohol, washing, cleaning, container, microscope, fresh insects
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