The RistWrap store (www.ristwrap.com) has been launched and the new line of Photographer’s Bracelets are now available. This video tells you all about it.

A super-cool invention for adding unexpected accent lighting to your macro photographs! Easy and cheap to make, it also works like a charm.

Looking for a proven system to improve your results as a macro photographer? Here are ten practical steps that, if followed, will all but guarantee you will see improvement, and fast.

As modern camera technology makes it possible for almost anyone to capture a nice photograph…

… it is also turning the camera into a mystery for newcomers to the game. When the advanced electronics of even the most “entry-level” camera is capable of doing almost all of the thinking and decision making for a new photographer, there is little incentive for learning how the camera works, how it is making the decisions that it does, and how it can be fooled by certain lighting conditions. This traps the photographer in a maze of frustration. Without a solid understanding of how the camera deals with the light striking its sensor, new photographers have no earthly idea how to modify or bypass the camera’s brain, when it starts misbehaving. And it will start misbehaving!

How to capture detail and color in your still life photography using familiar macro techniques.

You just splashed out a year’s savings on your first DSLR and you’re a bit worried about a noise the thing is making… this video is for you!

Join me for a typical winter afternoon as I search for small things to photograph and talk to myself about matters of great importance. Not to be missed!

Lens mold - need I say more?

A break from serious photography to play around in Photoshop. Fun!

A brief summary of how to use flash or continuous lighting with indoor macro photography.

The example photographs that got left out of a couple of earlier macro-based YouTube videos. Nuff said!

Everything you need to know to capture awesome water drop collisions!

How to take sharp, high magnification images using entry-level gear and a kitchen table!

How my offer to make free portraits turned into a painful lesson about humility.

How to select and use the right lens adapters in macro photography. 5 adapters for 5 different scenarios.

I had a cool idea for finding volunteers for a portrait shoot. Taryn, the lovely lady shown here, was one example of how well my idea worked out. Watch the video to hear about all the ways that it didn’t!

Thinking about plonking down your hard-earned cash for a used lens? Watch this short video first!

Learn how to do basic macro compositing - from start to finish!

Shooting birds, handheld, with the Tamron 150-600mm telephoto. Short video from a fun day in the wind!

Join me and a couple of cameras as we go rambling in nature. Learn whether to use a full frame or crop sensor camera for handheld macro in the field! And meet an old PanAm Captain!