Best Flower & Macro Photography Advice!

What's better than flowers and playing with close-up or macro photography? Not much! This post rounds up a collection of great advice From the Archives to get you off and shooting well.

5 Tips for Better Flower Photographs

Move beyond snapshots with these easy-to-learn tips for better flower photographs. From composition to settings advice, this post has you covered.

Cheap & Easy Macro

Interested in macro photography but not ready to make the pricey jump up to a full macro lens? This post, cheap and easy macro: comparisons and recommendations, has you covered. Find out all about the different ways to easily achieve macro-style shots with minimal cost!

Tips to Improve Your Macro Photography

Now that you're set for macro photography, check out these tips to improve your macro photography. Learn what to look for, how to best compose your shot, what settings to use, and more.

Focus Stacking for Macro Photography

Focus stacking is a post-processing technique that combines several photos into one super-sharply focused final image. Find out how to shoot and how to process these images with this useful post.

Macro Fakery: Background Creation

Now we're getting sneaky. Want the secret behind fabulous macro flower shots? Pick some flowers and bring them inside! This post lays out ideas for macro fakery and creating your own backgrounds.

Want more? Click here for more great collections of posts From the Archives.

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Macro Photography Roundup

Interested in macro photography but wary of the huge price tags for macro lenses? One of my photography passions is exploring the range of my current equipment - as well as the advantages of cheaper add-ons and accessories. My latest post over at Craftsy lays it all out for you: How to Take Astounding Macro Photographs - without a macro lens!

Looking for other great macro posts? Check these out:

Tips and Tricks: Macro Photography

Tips to Improve Your Macro Photography	Macro Fakery: Background Creation	Focus Stacking for Macro Photography
Cheap and Easy Macro: recommendations	Product Review: Close-Up Lens Set	Getting Started with Macro Photography

A Year Ago on Boost Your Photography

2014:

• The Winter Round-Up. This compilation post has links and overviews of all the amazing photography posts from the previous three months, all in one place.

• Shutter Speed: an overview and visual reference: this popular post about shutter speed provides an overview of the various shutter speeds, as well as recommended situations for each. This advice is then collected in one easy-to-understand visual reference chart. A great place to start for understanding shutter speed!

• Tips to Improve Your Macro Photography: Last year we focused on "Macro March," and this post full of tips kicked off the month. Learn quick, practical advice for improving your macro and close-up photography shots.

• Product Review: close-up lenses: Close-Up Lenses are an inexpensive way to use the lens you already have for macro and close-up photography. This post provides a review of the Digital Concepts 58mm 4-Piece Multi-Coated Camera Lens Filter Set, which are the close-up lenses that personally use.

• Macro Fakery: Background Creation: Find out a few simple tricks for backgrounds in your macro and close-up photography - includes behind-the-scenes wide shots.

• Focus Stacking for Macro Photography: Focus stacking is an innovative post-processing technique for combining a series of macro or close-up photographs into one image with a much greater depth of field. This post will walk you through the basics to create incredible focus-stacked images.

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Top 5 Macro Photography Posts

In honor of the New Year, Boost Your Photography is spending the month of January featuring collections of top posts across a variety of topics. Today's post highlights top 5 macro photography posts. Previous top posts have covered camera settings, aperture, exposure, phone photography, DIY photography hacks, composition, lenses and accessories, and top photography ideas.

Top 5 Macro Photography Posts

#5 Product Review: Close-Up Lenses

Close-up lenses are an inexpensive way to add macro and close-up capabilities to your original camera lenses. These screw on to the front of your existing lens and allow you to focus in closer on your subject. This post reviews the Digital Concepts Close-Up Lens Set, which retail for around $10 USD. Read Product Review: Close-Up Lenses.

#4: Cheap and Easy Macro: comparisons and recommendations

Not set on the close-up lenses? This post offers a compare-contrast of several major inexpensive ways to obtain macro photography shots with your current camera and lenses, including close-up lenses, extension tubes, and reverse rings. Find out which is best for you in this head-to-head. Read Cheap and Easy Macro: comparisons and recommendations.

#3: Tips to Improve Your Macro Photography

This how-to post lays out all the composition, technique, and technical know-how you need to succeed at macro and close-up photography. Find out how depth of field plays into macro photography and more. Read Tips to Improve Your Macro Photography.

#2: Getting Started with Macro Photography

This great starter post has generated a lot of attention and provides a quick overview of macro photography including the how to, composition, and equipment. Read Getting Started with Macro Photography.

And the number one macro photography post on Boost Your Photography is ...

#1: Macro Fakery: Background Creation

This macro top post lays out a simple photography trick. The smaller your subject, the easier it is to manipulate the background. Read the full post to find out how the shot above was created: Macro Fakery: Background Creation.

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Fall Photography Round Up

Welcome to the Fall Photography Round Up! This is a chance to look back at the posts from the last three months and catch up on any posts you might have missed.  You can also check out the previous round ups for Spring 2013, Summer 2013, Fall 2013, Winter 2013-2014, Spring 2014, and Summer 2014.

For Beginners

This is a collection of posts geared towards beginners or those who want to learn to do more with their camera. Many of the 'Tips and Tricks' and 'Inspired Ideas' posts will also be applicable. You can find other posts geared toward Beginners here or in the tab up top.

Depth of Field: it's more than just aperture

Getting Started with Macro Photography

Diptych: Double the Power of Your Photograph

Tips and Tricks

Advice for getting the most out of your camera and your photography. You can find more Tips and Tricks posts here or in the tab up top.

How to Shoot Your Children (with a Camera)	Find Time for Photo Books	The Line: elements of visual design, part 1
Must Have Apps to Assist Your Photography	Blue Hour Photography	An Introduction to Night Photography
Shape: elements of visual design, part 2	Form / Volume: elements of visual design, part 3	Texture: elements of visual design, part 4

Inspired Ideas

This is a collection of posts containing ideas, both those that you can implement immediately and those that require a little more time, effort, and potential planning. You can find more Inspired Ideas here or in the tab up top.

Portrait Photography Basics	How to Photograph Architecture	How to Photograph Traffic Trails
How to Photograph Ghosts in 1 Exposure	Spooky Levitation How To with Photoshop	Photograph the Seasons

Guest Posts

In addition to Boost Your Photography, I am also a regular contributor to Digital Photography School and Craftsy. These are my posts that were published over on their site in the last few months.

Daily Photography Pros and Cons

Better Star Trail Photographs with StarStaX

My Favorite Lens Tamron 18-270mm

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