Photography tutorial - Macro photography

Shooting in macro is a great way to achieve nice shots of things like flowers, insects and nature. However if like myself, you don't fancy shelling out £600 on a macro lens you can still shoot good macro photography.

There are two different types of macro photography:
- Macro photography
- Close up photography

Macro photography is where you are so close up to something, you can't tell what it is. All you see is an array of colours and textures.

Close up photography is where you can still see the whole of the subject, just in really nice detail, this is my favourite way to shoot macro.

Make sure your camera is on "Macro" setting (this is normally a picture of a flower)
Ensure there is enough light
Zoom about half way in
Get as close to the subject as you can while still being in focus and shoot

Thats it!