Nikon D50 – A Mistake?
My first digital SLR was a Nikon D80. I actually can’t remember this, but I know it must be the case because some of the EXIF data on my photos tells me it was. Eventually I upgraded to the D7000 primarily because it did 1080 video and I had plans for that. I have to
iPhone v Dedicated Macro Lens
“Here! Take a macro shot of this flower I have just caused to open using my super human powers!” my friend Andy said as we walked around Dunecht Estate. I looked at it. “I don’t have my macro lens with me!” I told him, “Just my iPhone so it won’t be very good.” I took
A Horrifying Discovery
Of course I really wanted to start taking photos of insects, revealing that strange and hidden world, but I could never quite capture them in focus (or in frame). Then one day I saw a dead fly on the windowsill and I thought to myself, here is a little bug that can’t escape my lens!
The Start of the Journey
My journey into macro photography started like many people’s new found passions during the lockdown of COVID in 2020. I couple of years earlier I had purchased a Sigma 100mm macro lens for my Nikon D7000 and quickly discovered I had no idea what I was doing. It wasn’t until lockdown that I came across
