Taking Better Macro Photos of Flowers – 4 Tips

by Seeing in Macro · September 25, 2014

Taking better macro photos of flowers is not hard… If you love to take nature-themed macro photos, you’ve probably tried your hand a time or two at taking sweet close-up shots of flowers. Of all the brilliant, beautiful subjects the natural world supplies for photographers, there is nothing that can match the inherent, natural beauty of flowers in full bloom. But it can be a bit tricky to take superior quality photographs of flowers without a few pointers to get you moving in the right direction.

Today’s macro photography lesson is going to help you transition to taking more impressive close-ups of flowers. You will learn four helpful tips that you should keep in mind every time you plan on heading out to the local park or garden to take macro photographs of flowers in bloom. Check out the three helpful tips that Chris has to share with you in today’s macro photography video tutorial…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Eh8Hy_GQlw

Now that you know the foundational information that you must use when you set out to take photographs of flowers, you are well prepared to take better up-close flower photographs on your next nature photo shoot. But before you do, let’s recap those four tips one more time:

1. Use a lens with a 1:1 ratio.
2. Use Live View in conjunction with Manual Focus.
3. Use a nice, sturdy tripod.
4. Consider using a remote switch or cable release.

You may want to write those tips down in your journal to have them on hand when you go out to photograph flowers. Consider these four tips to be the foundational information that you need to remember in order to take your best flower photographs ever.

Don’t keep this important information to yourself! Be sure to help out your fellow photographers by letting them know about this lesson. To pass this macro photography tutorial on taking better macro photos, simply click on the Share button on this post!

If you are looking for a detailed step-by-step photography training program that will teach you how to capture pro photos with any DSLR in any situation then check this out –