Macro photography is more than just photographing objects or animals up-close and with high magnification. While it can still be considered a niche, there is an incredible richness to both techniques/approaches and the selection of subjects. This also means, there is no single best approach, there is no limitation when it comes...
With their ability to create automated focus stacks and focus brackets, the OM SYSTEM cameras have an absolute luxury function for macro photography on board and can save you an incredible lot of time. At the same time, the automated process increases accuracy, workflow speed and your success rate. One of the...
For my personal approach to macro photography at high magnifications, the OM SYSTEM cameras are my preferred tools, but WHY do I actually LOVE them? I have been shooting with 3 generations of OM SYSTEM (formerly Olympus) cameras now - coming from a Canon full-frame setup. It has always been my intention,...
Learning from inspiration and examples Inspiration is generally a good thing: seeing the work of others gives you an impression on what can be done in that field, and also how broad the creative and technical range of execution is. Getting an overview of this range provides both an idea of what...
You want to photograph a Focus Bracket or Focus Stack with your OM SYSTEM or Olympus camera, but the Godox flash is not firing? The flash is most probably not faulty, but a setting on it is interferring with your camera, or a camera setting is blocking the flash. Often, the flash...
The Wild Garden - an immersive two day macro retreat workshop in the Netherlands, has been a success. On the 29th and 30th of August 2025, together with Marit van Ekelenburg (also known as macrobymarit), we hosted the participants in a beautiful garden environment to learn more about general macro photography,...
What is Focus Bracketing and Focus Stacking? In macro photography, we have to deal with an extremely shallow depth of field as soon as the magnification gets higher than 1:1. Even at 1:1 magnification the actual area of focus (or focus layer) is rather thin. To increase this in-focus layer´s depth, we can...
What is better than photographing insects and spiders in the wild? Exactly! Doing it together with like minded people. You want to learn all about macro photography, focus stacking, macro diffusers, how to find insects, and much more? Here is your chance! On the 29th and 30th of August 2025, me and Marit (also...
I have been part of countless discussions about potential damage to insects´ and spiders´ eyes from using a flash for macro photography. Rarely have I heard arguments that are based on facts, let alone been presented with scientific research. It is easy to deduce potential effects from an impression or experience we,...
For a Nature and Wildlife Photographer there is hardly anything better than photographing animals in the wild. Enjoying nature and the outdoors is a beautiful contrast to our fast-paced and urban modern world. However, after the photographing part, often follows the editing of the many photos. While this can also be quite enjoyable,...