| It seems when most people take photographs | | | | the sides. You never know how it will look until |
| they act like stiff robots barely moving or bending | | | | you try it! |
| to get great photos. Thankfully we have the | | | | One method to try is getting first as close as |
| choice! | | | | possible while still being able to focus on the |
| Taking great flower photos is easy when you | | | | flower or other object like a bee. This will vary |
| consider the photography tips in this series. In this | | | | according to your camera and if you have manual |
| article, I want to tell you about the importance of | | | | focus and the option to use lens attachments. If |
| getting closer to flowers for great photographs. I | | | | you can use a macro lens with a tripod you can |
| suppose keeping distance from the thing we | | | | even get ants and tiny insect or a single flower |
| photograph is a cultural habit. When we take | | | | petal in one photo with amazing clarity. |
| snapshots of people they are almost from about | | | | Take a few photos up close then move back a |
| a meter away so perhaps getting less than a third | | | | little and repeat. Again move back a little more |
| of a meter away from the subject of a photo | | | | and get different angles. Eventually you will be far |
| can be unnerving for some people. Yet when we | | | | enough away you might have a cluster of flowers |
| are aware of our self imposed limitations, we can | | | | in the photo. |
| surpass them and be better because of it. | | | | When you get home, transfer them to your |
| The tip here isn't something to do 100% of the | | | | computer and open them up both big and small in |
| time, but I would say you should try to take | | | | your post-processing application like Photoshop. |
| flower photos as close as possible every time | | | | Select the best of each angle and distance and |
| you take photos. Also be sure to turn the camera | | | | start enhancing! Remember the camera does not |
| when it gets a better view! Not all photos have to | | | | see the same way our eyes do so at least basic |
| be horizontal either! | | | | editing will be needed. |
| In fact, it does not hurt to take photos from | | | | If you are lucky, you will have an entire series of |
| different distances from an object and different | | | | amazing photos that an art collector will love as |
| angles. When I take photos of a flower up close, I | | | | framed prints. |
| try to get shots from above, from behind, and to | | | | |