Course Description
Photographer Heather Angel teaches you the art of macro photography, from using your camera for macro photos to finding creative inspiration for the best close-up shots.
What is Macro Photography?
Macro photography is the art of producing photos of small objects (often every day items or insects) at a larger than life size. When you take macro photographs you'll often reveal unexpected shapes, colours or patterns and details you can't see with the naked eye.
Heather will share her secrets behind some of her memorable macro shots and offer tips and hints for shooting macro outdoors and inside.
The great thing about working at close range is that macro photography subjects are everywhere, you just have to develop a seeing eye for beauty, texture and design.
You'll learn:
- choosing the right equipment
- using ambient light (and modifying light)
- using depth of field creatively
- time-lapse photography
- focus stacking
Images range from flowers, leaves, seeds, fruits and aquatic life to coins, glass, jewellery and food. Amongst these are examples of patterns and designs.
You will appreciate just how effective a reflector, a diffuser or fill-flash can be at changing the light; how to use depth of field creatively and how to meter tricky low key and high key subjects.
You'll also learn how to work safely at night and how to set up a mini macro studio on a table for still life studies; also how to gain a white background for objects to display on websites or for promotional photos.
Time to complete this macro photography course:
Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 13 hours 35 minutes to complete including:
The course includes:
- On-demand video lessons - presented by Heather Angel
- lifetime access to the video, notes and interactive class
- flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
- downloadable lesson notes
- practical (optional) macro photography assignments
- access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
- small interactive online classroom chat online to students from around the world
Ready to get started?
Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Heather on your photos.
Any questions? Contact us by clicking on the orange speech symbol - we'd love to hear from you.
Requirements
Equipment
For macro outside
Preferably a DSLR camera with a macro lens, but close-up filters or extension tubes with a standard lens will also work
A tripod will give consistently better results for static subjects
Useful accessories
A reflector (this can be made from cooking foil wrapped around cardboard)
A diffuser (this can be made from fine white cotton stretched over an opened up wire coat hanger)
A flash - not essential
Knee pads
Bin liner for resting gear on wet/muddy ground
Plamp for holding stems steady
String for tying back branches
For macro inside
Preferably a DSLR camera with a macro lens, but close-up filters or extension tubes with a standard lens will also work
A tripod (see above)
Useful accessories
A reflector (as above)
A diffuser (as above)
A flash - either on-camera or a separate flash
Props for still life – miniature containers, stone slabs, sand
LED torch or reading light
Coloured card for backgrounds
A lightbox – not essential
SHOOT LOCATIONS
Anywhere – both outside and inside. Could all be in own garden and home or anywhere within easy reach of where you live.
CPD Accreditation
Course activity has been accredited by the CPD Standards Office (CPDSO). The course equates to 13 hours, 35 minutes of CPD learning.Course outline
A Seeing Eye
Outside Macro
Inside Macro
Special Macro Techniques
Great concept, wonderful class. Learned what I wanted to, would recommend to anyone
Perry
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The Expert option
RecommendedDevelop your learning further with marked assignments and personal tuition from Heather Angel
- Start course whenever you like
- 4 weeks tutor access for personalised assignment feedback & coaching
- 4 assignments marked by Heather Angel
- Certificate of completion and CPD hours
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- 4 lessons with expert videos & notes
- Group chat & direct message with tutor & classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$200The Peer option
Discover the benefits of group learning in an online interactive classroom of no more than 20 people. Get the most from shared knowledge and community study
- Start course whenever you like
- Practise what you learn with your peers
- Online classroom with up to 20 classmates
- 4 lessons with expert videos & notes
- 4 course assignments
- Group chat & direct message classmates
- Lifetime access to videos, notes & classroom
$75
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Meet Heather Angel
From 1984-86 Heather was President of the Royal Photographic Society and she is a Visiting Professor at Nottingham University. Major exhibitions of her work have been shown worldwide. Most recently, Heather has experimented with lighting techniques for macro subjects as well as taking many hundreds of focus stacks for Pollination Power – a 5 year project that combines art and science for the RBG Kew.
I'm a roaming wildlife photographer with four great passions - mammals, lighting for macros, making plants look exciting and offbeat China (it really does exist!).
Press quotes
A phenomenon in both natural science and professional photography, Heather Angel is an example of all that is best in both disciplines.
The Master Photographer
Heather manages to spot and bring to life insignificant parts of the natural world.
David Attenborough
Heather Angel has over the course of a long career written her story in hundreds of thousands of images that have served to inform us, enlighten us and elevate our spirits.
Gray Levett, Editor, Nikon Owner Magazine
For Heather's blog, galleries and workshops http://www.heatherangelphotography.co.uk
Twitter @angelantics
Instagram heatherangelphotography
Portrait photo credit: Derek Tamea.