Using Depth of Field to Enhance your Subject

Using Depth of Field to Enhance your Subject

Sep 27

One thing many photographers just starting out don’t often realize is how important your aperture is to controlling depth of field. Taking full control of your depth of field can drastically change your photos and really help accent a subject, especially when shooting macro. Take for example the following three photos. By simply opening up the aperture, the depth of field shortens...

New Spin on a Common Subject

New Spin on a Common Subject

Sep 24

Sometimes finding a subject that inspires you to lift the camera up to your eye is challenging.  I recently took my 105mm macro lens and SubSee +10 close-up lens with me to Anacapa Island, and I found my inspiration in a tiny, but common subject: a Christmas Tree worm.  The colorful feeding plume was a perfect subject to use with my SubSee +10 diopter. I used auto-focus to focus on my finger...