macro photography

    This timelapse shows the fingertips sweating from up close
    Feb 24, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    You already know there are hundreds of millions of sweat pores on your skin. But have you ever seen them in action? Timelapse Vision has…

    How to make a DIY DSLR mount for your microscope
    Feb 15, 2017 John Aldred

    Looking through microscopes was something that always fascinated me as a kid. It attracted me for the same reasons things like timelapse and ultra slow…

    A simple setup for taking fantastic snowflake photos
    Feb 13, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    There are plenty of ways to take photos of snowflakes. Some are complicated, some are simple, and some are DIY to the max. Photographer Chrissy…

    This photographer uses sequin dresses to make wedding ring photos pop
    Feb 3, 2017 John Aldred

    Weddings happen in a whole variety of different locations. Not all of them are as pretty as others. Sure, it’s nice to be shooting in…

    This stunning video captures all four seasons through microscopes and macro lenses
    Jan 12, 2017 John Aldred

    The team at Beauty of Science see the world a little differently to most of us. While we’re far too busy looking with our eyes, they’re seeing…

    How and why you should use a diopter – “a poor man’s macro lens”
    Dec 23, 2016 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    If you are into macro photography, you probably already have a macro lens. Or three. And in this case you know how much they cost….

    ZY Optics launches 20mm f/2 4.5x lens: it’s Super Macro and super affordable
    Dec 20, 2016 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    If you shoot macro, there are several options: buying extension tubes, reverse rings, or a macro lens. The first two solutions are cheap, but don’t…

    Photographing a mosquito hatching from its pupa
    Nov 29, 2016 Steve Gettle

    I suppose like most photographers I have a “photographic bucket-list”, and documenting the life-cycle of the much maligned Mosquito has always been high on that…

    Extension tubes open up a whole new world of photography!
    Nov 21, 2016 Ben Cherry

    With travel photography, one of the issues is prioritising equipment. You simply can’t carry everything you could possibly want to bring. If you do then…

    These macro photos make bees look like aliens from another world
    Nov 4, 2016 John Aldred

    With seven species of bees having been added to the US endangered species list only a month ago, photographs may soon be all we have…