You take a picture to capture the moment and share it. The images hold a story, or at least you hope they do. We’ve recently begun attaching lenses to our smart phones and have discovered a passion for the macro lens and the tiny world it reveals.
You start with broad strokes or in film parlance, establishing shots. These set the stage to which you add detail with close up shots.
Macro photos give the viewer a very different prospective on the subject matter and require a different approach to taking pictures.
This tiny macro world shifts attention to parts of a scene that were always there, just tucked in small nooks and crannies.
It starts with a shift in approach to a subject. When you twist on that macro lens you are now going to spend some time crawling around on your hands and knees. We always shoot a variety of different images and then edit for the blog page. The addition of these extreme close shots offer punctuation to the story our establishing shots are trying to tell.
A whole new world lies below our feet. There have been some surprises along the way, i.e. the ferocious, gruesome world of insects AND a desperate need to beef up our flexibility exercises. But that said. we love the dynamic perspective this lens gives our photos.
Coming up in July a collection of macro photos will be featured in the photo essay.
Summer camping got into full swing this week. We are doing short one and two day trips to fine tune the systems in our Eurovan camper. We will eventually do longer trips but for now we are working out kinks.
But wait, don’t boil the eggs in with the potatoes. I’ve discovered a method for perfect hard cooked eggs that are also easy to peel. No more pock-marked whites.
Cook (steam) for 12 to 15 minutes (longer for harder yolks). Have a bowl of ice water handy, and when the time is up, transfer the eggs to the water bath.
