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Use a ball-head on your tripod.One of the biggest macro tips we can provide is to use a ball-head, like the Arcatech GP Ball-Head. When using one of these versatile heads, you can position and rep … read more

Come join us for some fun and flower and macro photography. We will be at Descanso Gardens on Saturday January 13th at 9:15 AM for our free flower and macro photography meetup (you will have to … read more

Check out Mike Moats review of the Acratech Ultimate Ballhead. Mike does an excellent job of explaining why the Ultimate works well for macro photography https://www.youtube.com/results?search_qu … read more

There has been a lot going on and I have some catching up to do. Mark Morris at improve Photography did a very extensive ball head review https://improvephotography.com/46538/11-best-bal … read more

With Halloween displays already in stores, we thought we would share some creepy close up photos.These are a bit different than your regular Halloween fare, but creepy none the less.These were some ol … read more

We are always looking for new places and things to shoot. Today we are going to take a step back, and look for things we can shoot in our own backyard. This is a shot of a mini spider plant and my pl … read more

"Working the Clutter on the Beach"The beach is a great place to find cool macro subjects like feathers, driftwood, odd critters and sea shells, Here is an area on the beach that has a mass of piled … read more

We’re pleased to announce the winners of our recent Macro Photo Contest! We were very impressed with the overall quality of submissions we received, and because there were so many great shots to choos … read more