Tiny Frames:  Magnifying the World with a Macro Lens

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Vegas Creative Photography Workshops

Get ready to explore the world in a whole new way as we dive into the tiny frames of everyday life through a macro lens!

Mike's Camera Inc. Boulder

Welcome to Tiny Frames: Magnifying the World with a Macro Lens! Join us at Mike's Camera Inc. Boulder for an exciting event dedicated to exploring the world through a macro lens. Get ready to discover the beauty of small details and capture stunning close-up shots. Whether you're a photography enthusiast or just curious about macro photography, this event is perfect for you. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your photography skills and see the world from a new perspective. See you there!

Agenda

Whether you’re photographing at home or halfway around the world, the capabilities of modern macro photography make it easy to create incredible images from almost any subject. In this presentation, professional photographer Joey Terrill will share subject ideas, creative solutions, and innovative techniques that will transform the small world into larger than life images.

Through example pictures and detailed descriptions, Joey will share a variety of techniques that will expand and enhance your macro capabilities. He’ll discuss specialized techniques like focus stacking, high magnification, water and oil droplet photography, refined lighting, and some key techniques and tips that lead to successful macro image making. He’ll also discuss many of the tools he uses for precisely moving both camera and subject, how to control lighting measured in millimeters, sources  for readily available backgrounds, and some exotic gear that makes macro captures much easier.  

The fascinating images created using focus stacking are often described as "three dimensional," "hyperreal," or "extraordinary." Focus-stacked images appear razor sharp with textural quality that's usually impossible to capture in any other way. And, with the latest camera technology, focus stacking becomes nearly automatic.

In this presentation. Joey will share many images that use focus stacking, discuss several gear choices that will make your captures more successful, review appropriate camera and lens settings, demonstrate with stills and video why focus stacking is very different from depth of field, discuss workflow and software options, and recommend subjects that will make your first attempt at focus stacking a success.


Fantastic Focus: A Simple Technique for Incredible Results

Whether it’s the textures of a beautiful flower, the fine details of a feather, or the brilliant colors magnified by a water droplet, light presents some unique opportunities to macro photographers. During this hands-on session, Joey will demonstrate some specialized lighting techniques that will lead to successful image making on the tabletop—or in the field. He’ll share some creative ideas for precisely illuminating your subjects, how to shape light using simple tools, and he’ll show you how beautiful light can add a massive boost to your images.