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#1 Look for

inspiration

IT’S COMMON FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS TO
struggle to come up with new ideas from time to
time, especially when regularly shooting a single
genre. Sometimes all it takes is one image from
a like-minded enthusiast to get those creative
juices flowing. This is how Christina Smith
(instagram.com/lle_chile) set about transforming an
ordinary object into this photographic masterpiece.
“I regularly shoot indoors, but that does
mean there are times when I struggle
TIP to create something unique,

USE prompting me to search online
or in magazines for inspiration
EXTENSION TUBES from other photographers. Just

If you don’t have a macro lens, observing the work that others
you can attach extension are doing can often give you
tubes between your camera that little spark of creativity,
body and lens to allow for and can make you observe
closer focusing otherwise mundane objects from
distances. a completely new perspective. Nikon
“The most important factor when
shooting macro is light, especially D3400
if you don’t have a dedicated lens and |
are using extension tubes. I ensured my subject 55mm
was well lit by using an off-camera light and |
a slower shutter speed of 1/80sec to increase
the amount of light reaching the sensor. This 1/80sec
meant that I also needed a tripod to prevent any |
blur on the subject due to camera shake. I used f/7.1
a fairly narrow aperture of f/7.1 to achieve a wider |
depth-of-field, meaning that more of the subject ISO
remained in focus.” 500

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