I have been thinking about macro for a while. funny that your video showed up, handed off some really good information, and has given me a nudge into the wonderful world of close up photography. Now I guess I'll be looking at lenses!
I have been reading some of the comments posted. While most are positive, several people have commented ‘this is not macro photography’, pulling the flowers etc. What is in a persons head when they post such things? Can they not just appreciate & admire the creativity which is been demonstrated? This is a really wonderful post, very well presented, clear & concise. Keep doing what you are doing, it’s wonderful.
I always enjoy seeing the approaches others take. You've some beautiful compositions from this outing. Getting out, going slow (truly seeing one's surroundings) and experimenting with different ideas is what it's all about and the only way to make an image your own. Well done.
First let me say how much I enjoyed your video. I know how you feel combining two things that you enjoy, the woods and photograph. At 68 years old and got my first camera in 1964, I've ran a lot of film and memory cards through cameras over the years. I enjoy seeing what others have found and share and you do this very well. And I'm not so old that I'm not still learning, love the tip at the end with the mirror and if I may add, turning it from the flat side to the concave I was able to take a low light picture by focusing the reflected light on the back of a flower with great success. Please continue, the world need more of your work.
wow! what a wonderful comment to read and let me tell you that it really puts the wind in our sails! we're very glad that this sample lesson resonated with you! By the way, we run monthly lessons and give our members creative assignments to work on each month. I can imagine it being a great fit for you if you enjoyed this! especially since we give our members feedback on their work too. more info on our site: www.ViewfinderMastery.com 🎊👍
I've been thinking of shooting macro for a long time. Watching your video has encouraged me to stop procrastinating and start doing Macro. I have a DSLR, it's time to hunt for a macro lens then explore the "tiny" world around us. Thank you for the helpful tips and for setting me back on track to the world of Macro.
And thank you for your kind feedback! It's comments like this that give us the inspiration to create more content. Hope we'll reach you again in the next video! 🙏
I appreciate your enthusiasm, generosity, dedication and knowledge very much… and regret the gratuitously insensitive comments some folks have raised. I hope you keep creating content.
Thank you! I'm just getting more into macro and there were some very helpful tips and tricks. The bean bag thing seems so obvious now and it'll be part of my kit for more than just macro photography moving forward. Beautiful flower images as well. Seriously, thank you so much, it's inspiring to see videos like this and I might have to rummage through the house to see if there's any other household items I can use in creative fashion to take some incredible images!
This is a nice video, thank you very much ! I appreciate to see how you take pictures and discover the idea of using a miror. Instead of the beanbag, I use a gorillapod for shooting flowers because of it flexibility. Happy new year to all, best continuation ! 🍀
So glad you enjoyed our macro video! You might consider downloading some our FREE photography resources over on our website. Enjoy! Happy new year to you too! 🥳🎉🎊 www.viewfindermastery.com/10-purchases-for-photography-learning
Nice to encounter you, thanks to the magic of RUclips’s algorithms. I will definitely be trying out the “plant your plamp” and mirror ideas on my next macro excursion. I’m already dreaming of the day I can explore Switzerland’s natural wonders first hand!
You should look at the Platypod for the low to the ground tripod. It is more compact than the tripod you showed, plus it may replace the bean bag as well. Good video
Hello from Canada! Im a first-time viewer of this video and really enjoyed her description and explanation of tip and tricks for macro. Im just getting started in macro and these will help for sure. I was curious as to what shooting mode she was in but will assume Manual, and also appeared to be Manual focus too. Would a "Hoodman" assist in seeing the screen at low angled shooting positions? Thanks for a great video!!
So glad you enjoyed it Robert! 👍 If you wish to engage with our instructors to ask all kinds of great questions like these, then please feel free to check out our membership: ViewfinderMastery.com 📷
Good point Paul. It can help to stop down your aperture if you want more sharpness. Another approach is to try to be very careful about your plane of focus, making sure that everything you want to be sharp actually is on that plane. Best luck and have fun with your macro photography!
Nice video and tips. Where can I buy this clamp 08:23 for holding diffuser? I tried to find everywhere on net but I can't found. Could you give me some links or info? Thank you.
Zelijko, I purchased mine on Amazon it's called the Wimberley PP-200 Plamp II, You'll need to buy the piece that goes in the ground separately. I'm sure you can find them other places too.
Oh, c'est une question délicate et j'ai peur de donner des conseils spécifiques. Le mieux que je puisse vous suggérer est de faire quelques recherches individuelles sur le matériel. Bonne chance et merci de regarder! 🙏
@@ViewfinderMastery Oh aujourd'hui (le 21 avril 2023) je ne sais plus ce qu'est un "reverse ring"' lOl je pense qu'avec l'objectif macro seul c'est déjà bon. Salutations.
Thanks for the tip, however, we really didn't crush any plants. One random weed may have gotten flattened a little during the bean bag demo, but I'm sure it lived on and is still happy and healthy these days. ;-)
Thank you for your macro tips. Being from Texas, I cringe at the sight of you lying on the ground. We have so many biting insects that it doesn’t take long to have bites all over. Bug spray is included in my kit!
I am so disappointed! I was trying to photograph snowdrops the other day and wanted to show the face of the drooping flower facing the ground without picking it. My wife would leave me if she caught me picking her snowdrops. I hit upon the idea of using a mirror! I got some lovely shots with dappled tree leaves and a blue sky as a background. I thought wow, I discovered a new technique. Now I see you’ve done it before. I thought it was MY idea! I’m heartbroken. Just goes to show, there is nothing new under the sun. I still enjoyed your video though.
Thanks for commenting. I wouldn't let it get you down though. You can always make it uniquely yours. Your shots will always be different from the next persons, so just keep at it! Thanks for commenting and best of luck to you!
@@ViewfinderMastery Oh, it won’t get me down, my comment was given in good humour, but it would be nice to have one original idea before drop off my perch. I do have a request, however. Could you PLEASE do a short video on how to fold up that little diffuser you have. I have one and can’t get it to fold up to get it into the bag again. I have to carry it around extended all the time, it’s a bit inconvenient. Thanks.
Some of the tipps where great to give new ideas or how i could improve, but the pictures you made didnt blow me away. I expected a bit more. But maybe thats just the different picture styls we have
Sorry your expectations weren't met, but please bear in mind that the purpose of this (FREE) video was to inspire you to make your own pictures (rather than impress you with ours). So get out there and have a go! 👍📸
YES! Totally agree with that! Our secret weapon here is a folding sit pad that can be used to kneel on, eat lunch on, stand on (in Arctic temps), etc. Highly recommend! 👍
we are (always) extremely careful and respectful when it comes to the environment and would never do damage in the name of a photo. I feel that this criticism is a bit out of context. But I do appreciate your shared concern for the environment.
nothing to be sorry about @@bestkenny. if it doesn't work for you, then it doesn't work for you. stick to your own ways then. others will benefit from getting a few new ideas. welcome to RUclips! 👍
this is really not a fair criticism. I appreciate your concern for the environment, but you can be very sure that we share the same respect for nature and would never do damage in the name of a photo.
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I have been thinking about macro for a while. funny that your video showed up, handed off some really good information, and has given me a nudge into the wonderful world of close up photography. Now I guess I'll be looking at lenses!
So awesome to hear this Mark! Have a blast and stay inspired! 🙏🏻🙌
I have been reading some of the comments posted. While most are positive, several people have commented ‘this is not macro photography’, pulling the flowers etc. What is in a persons head when they post such things? Can they not just appreciate & admire the creativity which is been demonstrated? This is a really wonderful post, very well presented, clear & concise. Keep doing what you are doing, it’s wonderful.
thanks very much for your kind words! really appreciate your positivity! 🎉🙏🏻
I always enjoy seeing the approaches others take. You've some beautiful compositions from this outing. Getting out, going slow (truly seeing one's surroundings) and experimenting with different ideas is what it's all about and the only way to make an image your own. Well done.
Many thanks! Really appreciate your positivity! Sounds like you're on the right track ao keep up the good work!
Very informative about both gear as well as the more subtle aspects of paying attention to the environment.
thanks for your kind feedback! we put our hearts into that one. glad that it came across. ❤️
First let me say how much I enjoyed your video. I know how you feel combining two things that you enjoy, the woods and photograph.
At 68 years old and got my first camera in 1964, I've ran a lot of film and memory cards through cameras over the years. I enjoy seeing what others have found and share and you do this very well. And I'm not so old that I'm not still learning, love the tip at the end with the mirror and if I may add, turning it from the flat side to the concave I was able to take a low light picture by focusing the reflected light on the back of a flower with great success. Please continue, the world need more of your work.
wow! what a wonderful comment to read and let me tell you that it really puts the wind in our sails! we're very glad that this sample lesson resonated with you! By the way, we run monthly lessons and give our members creative assignments to work on each month. I can imagine it being a great fit for you if you enjoyed this! especially since we give our members feedback on their work too. more info on our site: www.ViewfinderMastery.com 🎊👍
That's actually a pretty neat mirror hack tbh. I'll try it out sometime - thanks for sharing!
glad you like it! 👍
Great idea on the bean bag!
I love it! We use it all the time!
Flowers with fantastic shots used by the mirror to make beautiful shots!!! Very creative!
Thank you very much!
Love the mirror effect!
Thank you! Cheers!
I've been thinking of shooting macro for a long time. Watching your video has encouraged me to stop procrastinating and start doing Macro. I have a DSLR, it's time to hunt for a macro lens then explore the "tiny" world around us. Thank you for the helpful tips and for setting me back on track to the world of Macro.
And thank you for your kind feedback! It's comments like this that give us the inspiration to create more content. Hope we'll reach you again in the next video! 🙏
I appreciate your enthusiasm, generosity, dedication and knowledge very much… and regret the gratuitously insensitive comments some folks have raised. I hope you keep creating content.
you're very kind! thanks so much for your encouragement! 🙏
Thank you! I'm just getting more into macro and there were some very helpful tips and tricks. The bean bag thing seems so obvious now and it'll be part of my kit for more than just macro photography moving forward. Beautiful flower images as well. Seriously, thank you so much, it's inspiring to see videos like this and I might have to rummage through the house to see if there's any other household items I can use in creative fashion to take some incredible images!
wonderful to hear that our video inspired you. stay tuned for more! ❤️📸
That would would have smelled amazing
Like the idea of the bean bag.
glad you like it! 👍 Consider downloading our FREE Gear Guide (and other resources) at:
www.viewfindermastery.com/10-purchases-for-photography-learning
I love your work. I am looking at you lying on the ground. I live Maine, and we are having a big problem with deer ticks.
I can almost guarantee you that we have more ticks here! we each pulled two ticks out on this little production. yikes! 😉👍
That flexible arm holding your diffuser. Where to get it? Thx and a very nice and teachable video :)
please see comments from others
This is a nice video, thank you very much ! I appreciate to see how you take pictures and discover the idea of using a miror. Instead of the beanbag, I use a gorillapod for shooting flowers because of it flexibility. Happy new year to all, best continuation ! 🍀
So glad you enjoyed our macro video! You might consider downloading some our FREE photography resources over on our website. Enjoy! Happy new year to you too! 🥳🎉🎊
www.viewfindermastery.com/10-purchases-for-photography-learning
This is a top class video,,VERY well done Sylvia.
Many thanks!
Nice to encounter you, thanks to the magic of RUclips’s algorithms. I will definitely be trying out the “plant your plamp” and mirror ideas on my next macro excursion. I’m already dreaming of the day I can explore Switzerland’s natural wonders first hand!
it's a very handy tool indeed! so glad you could get inspired to do some macro photography. stay tuned for more adventures!
Wonderful information! What clamp is that that you use to hold your diffuser?
very glad you liked it! it's called a "plamp" and I believe it's made by Wimberley.
You should look at the Platypod for the low to the ground tripod. It is more compact than the tripod you showed, plus it may replace the bean bag as well. Good video
I will check it out. 👍Thanks for your feedback! 🙏🏻
Thank u for all your great hints! Hopefully they will help me with my macro!
I hope so too! the best thing you can do is to just start!
Awesome tips! Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful! 👍
You are an inspiration!!! Thank you
it's such a pleasure to read comments like yours many thanks and hope you'll come back for more! 🙏🏻
Complimenti! Grazie!
Grazie a Voi!
Do you ever use focus stacking?
nah... not really our thing. 📷
To protect your camera.... Proceeds to shake the hell out of it! Loved that bit! Made me chuckle.
ok, thanks 👍
@@ViewfinderMastery I was just having a laugh. Your video was very inspiring! Made me take out my macro lens that has been gathering dust! Thanks! X
@@fukyutube2279 thanks for clarifying. glad to hear that! enjoy your macro adventures!
Hi, thanks for the tricks, i wonder what for a stick you have to put on the diffuser? (8,26 in to the movie)
Glad you liked it! if you check the comments you'll find all the answers. 👍
It was awesome to watch, great tips! Thank you! ☺️
so glad you enjoyed it. please consider subscribing 👍
I never thought of using a mirror Thank you for the great tips.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! Very informative.
glad you liked it! please come back again for more!
great video!
could you tell me where to get the clamp p0lease?
it's called a "plamp" by Wimberley.
thank you very much!@@ViewfinderMastery
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it! 🎉
Good material about macro photography. Great idea with the mirror.
Awesome! Really appreciate your feedback! Please check back for more content and consider subscribing! 🙏
Hey, good information. Were did you purchase your bean bag?
I made it. 😉
Hello from Canada! Im a first-time viewer of this video and really enjoyed her description and explanation of tip and tricks for macro. Im just getting started in macro and these will help for sure. I was curious as to what shooting mode she was in but will assume Manual, and also appeared to be Manual focus too. Would a "Hoodman" assist in seeing the screen at low angled shooting positions? Thanks for a great video!!
So glad you enjoyed it Robert! 👍
If you wish to engage with our instructors to ask all kinds of great questions like these, then please feel free to check out our membership: ViewfinderMastery.com 📷
Thanks for the great video. Would you say where to purchase the flexible diffuser clamp that you are using? Thanks
You'll find it with a little Google search. just search for "Plamp" 👍
Great tips,awesome video
Is the camera 5d mark i or mark ii?
Thanks
If you look at 6:40 you can see it's a mark iv.
yes, I believe its a mark iv.
Grazie! Complimenti…
Grazie!
Muito bacana!!!
Estou aprendendo muito com você. ☺️
Muito obrigado.
Thank you.
You're welcome! 👍
What's the name of stick you use to hold the diffuser?thanks mal
Hi Susanne, I can really recommend you the Canon EOS R5 for macro, the flip screen is so practical when the camera is on the ground!
Thanks for sharing!!
Awesome ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thank you! Cheers!
I find f stop 2.8 does not bring the whole flower into focus but I have found 5.6 and next stop up seems best.
Good point Paul. It can help to stop down your aperture if you want more sharpness. Another approach is to try to be very careful about your plane of focus, making sure that everything you want to be sharp actually is on that plane. Best luck and have fun with your macro photography!
Where do you get the clamp stand for the diffuser ? looks ideal..
It's called a "plamp" (shouldn't be difficult to get online). Thanks for watching!
Hi, Where do you buy the clamp you stick in the floor with the diffuser?
its a Wimberley Plamp
@@ViewfinderMastery thank you
Nice video and tips. Where can I buy this clamp 08:23 for holding diffuser? I tried to find everywhere on net but I can't found. Could you give me some links or info? Thank you.
Zelijko, I purchased mine on Amazon it's called the Wimberley PP-200 Plamp II, You'll need to buy the piece that goes in the ground separately. I'm sure you can find them other places too.
hope you were able to find one! 👍
Je me demandais aujourd'hui si je pouvais prendre un
"macro reverse ring" sur mon Sigma 105 Macro avec un Canon 5 D mark 4 ?
Oh, c'est une question délicate et j'ai peur de donner des conseils spécifiques. Le mieux que je puisse vous suggérer est de faire quelques recherches individuelles sur le matériel. Bonne chance et merci de regarder! 🙏
@@ViewfinderMastery Oh aujourd'hui (le 21 avril 2023) je ne sais plus ce qu'est un "reverse ring"' lOl je pense qu'avec l'objectif macro seul c'est déjà bon. Salutations.
danke, sehr gut!
Danke vielmals Daniel! 🙏
where did you buy that diffuser clamp? I can't find it anywhere (the one that can be planted into the ground)
sorry, not sure where Susi bought hers.
@@ViewfinderMastery I finally found it, it's a "Wimberley Plamp"
Awesome
Thanks so much!
Thanks!
thank you very much for the kind gesture! 🙏🏻🎉
Thank you again. I purchased a diffuser similar to yours.
Thank you
You're welcome!
What is the bendable diffuser holder called and what focus rail do you have on the little tripod. Thank you
its called a "plamp" the rail comes from Novoflex. 👍
Hi suggestion, using a mini tripod, manfrotto do them £25 and doesn’t mean you crush plants 🌱 with your beanbag.
Thanks for the tip, however, we really didn't crush any plants. One random weed may have gotten flattened a little during the bean bag demo, but I'm sure it lived on and is still happy and healthy these days. ;-)
quel cuscino,lo hai fatto uppure è in vendita?èuna semplice pochette riempita di cosa?
its a self made bag filled with beans.
grazie @@ViewfinderMastery
Mantap
appreciate your feedback! 🙏
Tĥe best tutorial ever!!! Thank you.
You're very welcome!
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Herzlichen Dank! ❤️👍
👌
cheers!
Thank you for your macro tips. Being from Texas, I cringe at the sight of you lying on the ground. We have so many biting insects that it doesn’t take long to have bites all over. Bug spray is included in my kit!
I dont want to be picky but this is not macro photography! Its a close up photography and this is big difference
hopefully you can take some inspiration from the video and apply it to your own photography, whether it's shooting closeups or macro. 👍
I am so disappointed! I was trying to photograph snowdrops the other day and wanted to show the face of the drooping flower facing the ground without picking it. My wife would leave me if she caught me picking her snowdrops. I hit upon the idea of using a mirror! I got some lovely shots with dappled tree leaves and a blue sky as a background. I thought wow, I discovered a new technique. Now I see you’ve done it before. I thought it was MY idea! I’m heartbroken. Just goes to show, there is nothing new under the sun. I still enjoyed your video though.
Thanks for commenting. I wouldn't let it get you down though. You can always make it uniquely yours. Your shots will always be different from the next persons, so just keep at it! Thanks for commenting and best of luck to you!
@@ViewfinderMastery Oh, it won’t get me down, my comment was given in good humour, but it would be nice to have one original idea before drop off my perch. I do have a request, however. Could you PLEASE do a short video on how to fold up that little diffuser you have. I have one and can’t get it to fold up to get it into the bag again. I have to carry it around extended all the time, it’s a bit inconvenient. Thanks.
Some of the tipps where great to give new ideas or how i could improve, but the pictures you made didnt blow me away. I expected a bit more. But maybe thats just the different picture styls we have
Sorry your expectations weren't met, but please bear in mind that the purpose of this (FREE) video was to inspire you to make your own pictures (rather than impress you with ours). So get out there and have a go! 👍📸
Go do better and post!
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Càm on!
Tip №1 for macro photography - bring knee pads. If the ground is a little wet, your knees will be wet.
YES! Totally agree with that! Our secret weapon here is a folding sit pad that can be used to kneel on, eat lunch on, stand on (in Arctic temps), etc. Highly recommend! 👍
Bubble wrap cut to size😉
👍😄👍
thanks! 🙌📷
🇧🇩🇧🇩😍😍
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could you repeat your name please, I could'nt quite catch it ?
Susanne Venditti is the instructors name. Check us out at ViewfinderMastery.com if you'd like to become a member. 👍📷
Got the impression that your back pack was pretty heavy when you swung it over your shoulders. Seems pack more than you showed.
I don't quite get you. Are you implying that there's "secrets" in the backpack? 😄👍
@@ViewfinderMastery what I meant was that you carry more than you showed.
@@antoniomuniz2071 well, water bottles, lunch, etc. is usually a little less interesting to photographers. ;-)
I do understand that, photographer should not alter or damage the flowers or surrounding. You do all that for a photo.
we are (always) extremely careful and respectful when it comes to the environment and would never do damage in the name of a photo. I feel that this criticism is a bit out of context. But I do appreciate your shared concern for the environment.
That is more than a bit dramatic a comment on what was actually done in this nature photography advice.
Those flowers will grow back. Just don’t destroy the plants!
Smash the flowers after you are done then you for sure have one of kind shot😂😂
I think I just watched one video too many about macro photography...
Hope you can find more positivity as your day goes on. Might be time for a RUclips break as well! 👍
Great ideas, but every shots are too much shallow in depth of field 😞
well, thats a matter of opinion kenny, not everyone shoots macro photos with the same style. but thanks for commenting. 👍
@@ViewfinderMastery sorry this is something between macro and detail portrait, and at the same time is neither a macro nor a portrait
nothing to be sorry about @@bestkenny. if it doesn't work for you, then it doesn't work for you. stick to your own ways then. others will benefit from getting a few new ideas. welcome to RUclips! 👍
But I said that there are some good ideas 😉
Thanks@@bestkenny it's all good. 🙏 Have fun out there and keep clicking! 📷
Your actions are too rough. Do you know how to respect nature?
Shut up.
Something I was thinking especially with the beanbag
this is really not a fair criticism. I appreciate your concern for the environment, but you can be very sure that we share the same respect for nature and would never do damage in the name of a photo.
‘Your actions are too rough’? A strange comment. Try concentrate on the positive & the beauty of what is being created.
Amazing lesson, thank you so much 😊
Glad you liked it! 🎉
Awesome