In this video I will show you 10 ideas for fun macro photos you could do at home with ordinary things. Explore the amazing details you never notice in everyday items.
Sir! you change my vision of thinking now. I never thought about that we can take amazing pictures using simple items at home. I am very thankful to you sir. please add more videos to develop an amazing eye to see things around. I love to be an expert in composition skills of photography.
Jan, such a simple setup and beautiful pictures. Did you utilize photo-stacking and how much post processing did you do? And thanks again you demonstrated that even macro is only limited by your imagination!
Thank you Jan Hendrik... I was /am interested in Macro photography, but not that of insects and other critters. Objects and angles inspire me, like wide angle architectural photography. I like your setting, and would like to know more about your flash stand and lighting options. P.S. Thanks for choosing a clean toilet brush... right at the end haha
Had to search a bit to find the diffuser set I bought. I think it's around 10 years ago 😅 It was this set: www.amazon.co.uk/Falcon-Eyes-SGA-K9-Universal-Speedlite/dp/B00I1CKILK . Currently unavailable at Amazon, but I can see other webshops have them available. I mostly use the globe. The trigger is a Pixel King PRO Wireless E-TTL flashtrigger. Very well working trigger at an affordable price. And the speedlite itself is a Canon 580 EX II. I think I bought it in 2008. Quite affordable and It has been used A LOT, so definitely worth the money.
Thank you for your upload and suggestions of subjects to capture... I've done - kitchen chopping board, freshly washed broccoli florets /stem, closeups through my ordinary cellphone... Also a tree, through a hanging raindrop on an umbrella spoke. This was pretty nice, it captured virtually the whole tree... You show some good everyday, easily available objects to capture... Thank you. Greetings from London 😷🌈
Brilliant range of objects and they have given me ideas for our next camera club workshop. End comment about the "toilet brush" adds a pleasant bit of humour too. Thanks for posting.
Interesting ideas. I like seeing stuff beyond the standard soap bubbles and water on CDs and such. I actually do have a toilet brush that I bought but have not yet put into service. I'll have to give that a try. :)
From Denmark m2 :) new sub here :) Im doing some macro myself now, but I could use some good advices for light indoors, now Im using either a cheap ring light from a magasin, or I use a light box with not good enough LED strips. My camera is a Canon 60d, with 50 mm and extensions tubes, I know it's not really optimal instead of a 60/100 mm macro lens. But That's what I have at this point of time. Is there any good advices out there, or could you make a video about it :)
Nice to hear from you, Kent. The optimal solution would definitely be a speedlight. You can get very far even with a cheap one from someone like Godox. And you can do with a flash trigger cord, but a wireless trigger would also be very nice. But you can do with less intense light, like desk lamps or LED lights, if you use a tripod for longer exposures. For indoor maro photography you don't need an expensive, sturdy tripod. Nevertheless, if you are going to get a tripod, consider paying a little extra for something like Manfrotto, Benfro, Sirui and other recognized brands. If you do, they will most likely last for decades.
When you tire of these subjects handheld with flash, you can investigate the differences afforded by focus stacking and light you can adjust. You might be surprised how much difference there can be with minor angle changes. A flat board with a ball head and focus rail opens a new world to investigate.
Thank you for your kind feedback, Doug. I already have a few videos about focus stacking which, as you correctly state, opens up many other possibilities. I mostly use it for flowers and mushrooms, but now and then also for other objects.
Nice ideas! Unfortunately, these black surfaces always get so dusty. So far, apart from constantly removing the dust again and again, I haven't found a solution. But I mainly make videos. But there's nothing wrong with getting inspiration from great macro photographers ;-)
Thanks a lot. I have found that a large cosmetic brush is very efficient for removing dust from paper. But you're absolutely right - it only works for a short time.
great ideas, however, the auto focus adjustment sensitivity on your camera is causing your background to render in and out of focus - as a perfectionist i am sure you want to be aware of this as it was distracting when i was trying to read the titles of your books on your book shelf. great video
Thank you very much for your kind feedback, Michael. And you're right about the focus hunting. It was primarily due to low light making my face hard to recognize. I have added a lot more light since then.
🤣🤣 please use an unused toilet brush😜 … 👌🏼👌🏼 😅🫶🏼it! fantastic images !! that round flash diffuser creates wonderful light on those subjects IS that a DIY piece of kit or something specific for flashes?
Sir! you change my vision of thinking now. I never thought about that we can take amazing pictures using simple items at home. I am very thankful to you sir.
please add more videos to develop an amazing eye to see things around. I love to be an expert in composition skills of photography.
Thanks for sharing these ideas, Jan. I've been short on inspiration lately, but watching these ideas will set me going again! Respect!
So many ideas from household items. Thanks Jan for this eye-opening video :)
Jan, such a simple setup and beautiful pictures. Did you utilize photo-stacking and how much post processing did you do? And thanks again you demonstrated that even macro is only limited by your imagination!
Extremely inspiring Jan. Thanks. And thanks for the tip of "unused toilet brush" ;-)
Thank you Jan Hendrik... I was /am interested in Macro photography, but not that of insects and other critters. Objects and angles inspire me, like wide angle architectural photography. I like your setting, and would like to know more about your flash stand and lighting options. P.S. Thanks for choosing a clean toilet brush... right at the end haha
Had to search a bit to find the diffuser set I bought. I think it's around 10 years ago 😅 It was this set: www.amazon.co.uk/Falcon-Eyes-SGA-K9-Universal-Speedlite/dp/B00I1CKILK . Currently unavailable at Amazon, but I can see other webshops have them available. I mostly use the globe.
The trigger is a Pixel King PRO Wireless E-TTL flashtrigger. Very well working trigger at an affordable price.
And the speedlite itself is a Canon 580 EX II. I think I bought it in 2008. Quite affordable and It has been used A LOT, so definitely worth the money.
I love all of the ideas in this video! Thank you so much!
You are very welcome, Sue. Thank you for the kind feedback.
Thank you for the inspiration, Jan.
And thank you very much for watching, D.
I’m inspired, for sure! Thanks 👍
Beautiful and inspiring, thank you!
Thank you very much for your kind comment, Andrew.
Thank you for your upload and suggestions of subjects to capture...
I've done - kitchen chopping board, freshly washed broccoli florets /stem, closeups through my ordinary cellphone...
Also a tree, through a hanging raindrop on an umbrella spoke. This was pretty nice, it captured virtually the whole tree...
You show some good everyday, easily available objects to capture... Thank you. Greetings from London 😷🌈
Thanks a lot for your kind comment, Flynn. And great ideas too. There are so many possibilities with macro.
Brilliant range of objects and they have given me ideas for our next camera club workshop. End comment about the "toilet brush" adds a pleasant bit of humour too. Thanks for posting.
Thank you very much, Chris. Great to hear, and very kind of you to comment.
Thank you Jan! I found this very inspiring! I've subscribed to your channel. Your Danish accent is wonderful by the way!
Thanks a lot, Ash. That's very kind of you.
Outstanding. I'll try those. You got a new subscriber from Dominican Republic. 🙌
great ideas well done
Excelente!!! 👏👏👏
Interesting ideas. I like seeing stuff beyond the standard soap bubbles and water on CDs and such. I actually do have a toilet brush that I bought but have not yet put into service. I'll have to give that a try. :)
Thank you, Michelle. Happy to hear that you found it useful.
Tusind tak, Jan. Jeg var blevet lidt træt af den evige jagt på insekter - nu er jeg blevet inspireret til at genoptage macroarbejdet med dine ideer😀
Det er jeg da rigtigt glad for at høre. Tak!
Wowww I didnt knew that we can take macro photography with simple setup... thanks so much :)
Inspiring. I already have all the necessary equipment so I am going to find some subjects and try it out. Beats trying to find insects to photograph!
You're right. I don't have the patience for insects 😂 Thanks.
Merci beaucoup pour toutes ces belles idées. J'aime beaucoup votre chaîne youtube. ❤️👍Marc France
Merci beaucoup, Marc. Je suis très heureux d'entendre cela.
Great ideas!
Thanks, Fernando. Happy to hear that!
Very nice work!!!😎👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Thanks a lot, Tony. Very kind of you to comment.
Thank you for good inspirations.
Happy to hear that you liked it, Ireneusz. Thank you.
Love it.
Thanks, Anton. Much appreciated!
Very informative, Thanks
You are very welcome. Thank you for the kind feedback.
Really cool 👍🏽
Thanks a lot, John. Much appreciated!
Very good video, thank you for sharing. What is the back light that you used with Pasta? Thank you.
From Denmark m2 :) new sub here :)
Im doing some macro myself now, but I could use some good advices for light indoors, now Im using either a cheap ring light from a magasin, or I use a light box with not good enough LED strips.
My camera is a Canon 60d, with 50 mm and extensions tubes, I know it's not really optimal instead of a 60/100 mm macro lens.
But That's what I have at this point of time.
Is there any good advices out there, or could you make a video about it :)
Nice to hear from you, Kent. The optimal solution would definitely be a speedlight. You can get very far even with a cheap one from someone like Godox. And you can do with a flash trigger cord, but a wireless trigger would also be very nice.
But you can do with less intense light, like desk lamps or LED lights, if you use a tripod for longer exposures. For indoor maro photography you don't need an expensive, sturdy tripod. Nevertheless, if you are going to get a tripod, consider paying a little extra for something like Manfrotto, Benfro, Sirui and other recognized brands. If you do, they will most likely last for decades.
Oh very resourceful
Thank you for the kind feedback.
I would also like to know if you used photo stacking. DOF seems deep..... 🙂
Great. thank you.. 😍
Thank you for the kind comment.
Un-used toilet brush of course. Great ideas and inspiration to not be afraid to experiment with any objects. Thank you.😊
Thank you, Alonzo, for the kind comment.
That with toilet brush was funny 🙂 and ideas also great!
Thanks, Pilar. That's very kind of you.
When you tire of these subjects handheld with flash, you can investigate the differences afforded by focus stacking and light you can adjust. You might be surprised how much difference there can be with minor angle changes. A flat board with a ball head and focus rail opens a new world to investigate.
Thank you for your kind feedback, Doug. I already have a few videos about focus stacking which, as you correctly state, opens up many other possibilities. I mostly use it for flowers and mushrooms, but now and then also for other objects.
WAu .v.nice
Thanks, Sosan.
in 10 days I will try this lens
Off to buy a toilet brush! Great video, thanks!
I'm glad you had the toilet brush at the end... otherwise I'd have checked out then 😏
Nice ideas... with some, you barely recognize what it is so you can play a game with it and send it to friends and let them guess what you have shot^^
Thank you for your kind comment. And you're right - it can certainly be used for some kind of quiz game.
Wonderfull
Thank you very much, Jacuś.
Nice ideas! Unfortunately, these black surfaces always get so dusty. So far, apart from constantly removing the dust again and again, I haven't found a solution. But I mainly make videos. But there's nothing wrong with getting inspiration from great macro photographers ;-)
Thanks a lot. I have found that a large cosmetic brush is very efficient for removing dust from paper. But you're absolutely right - it only works for a short time.
@@janandersen Good idea with the cosmetic brush!
Can u explain about light .which u put on the side .and capture
I have no camera .I try with my mobile..so plz guide me ..
Thank you
You are so very welcome, Gary. Thank you for watching.
thank you
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching.
The peanut thing I did awhile ago, Mine looks like a spaceship out in the dark universe.
Nuts are great subjects 😊
great ideas, however, the auto focus adjustment sensitivity on your camera is causing your background to render in and out of focus - as a perfectionist i am sure you want to be aware of this as it was distracting when i was trying to read the titles of your books on your book shelf. great video
Thank you very much for your kind feedback, Michael. And you're right about the focus hunting. It was primarily due to low light making my face hard to recognize. I have added a lot more light since then.
Lol the toilet brush...so random and off putting haha
Yeah, I figured a toothbrush would be too ordinary a subject 😁
🤣🤣 please use an unused toilet brush😜 … 👌🏼👌🏼 😅🫶🏼it!
fantastic images !!
that round flash diffuser creates wonderful light on those subjects
IS that a DIY piece of kit or something specific for flashes?
Those were really boring. Sorry!