One photo every day: Macro photography on a budget (127/365) + howto (with pictures)

gamer00 (67) in onephotoeveryday • 7 years ago (edited)

A reasonably sharp object

Hello again!

@magnata was asking me about the costs of macro photography so I decided to do a quick howto for those who are interested in doing some macro, but don't necessarily want to spend a macro doing it.

So here we go...

First you'll need a mobile phone that can take pictures (yes, I guess you already have one). Then you may want to invest in something like a macro lens, or a small magnifier loupe:

You might want to buy something like this...

...or maybe this...

...or just something like this.

^{These three photos are the property of whoever shot them, not me. Click on the pictures and you'll get to the referenced pages selling some products!}

Anyway, you may even have an old magnifying glass forgotten in some drawer, locker or cabinet. That'll do nicely.

What I use I may have already mentioned, it's an old Agfa-Gewaert 8x magnifying loupe, pictured here, with a chili:

Chili in the loupe.

I only taped it on the back of my smartphone, but it works. :)

masking tape, works every time

So that's about it. Maybe macro photography isn't so expensive after all.

Video demo:

Oh, btw, shooting macro on a DSLR is almost equally affordable, just search for "reverse macro ring".

It's possible to shoot photos even by free-holding a lens backwards, just not too easy. I tried doing one or two of those when I was studying photography in school. I would have showed those photos, but I couldn't find them. (I suppose they are on my fried up external back-up disk.)

Well, I think I've spent a good part of the night (I should have been sleeping) by creating this post, so I guess I'll just say good night, and let you guys read it. :)

See you again with another post!

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adnanrabbani (70) · 7 years ago

nice post my friend, thanks a lot for sharing your experience and knowledge regarding macro photography with us, i should also try it. Stay awesome

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icybc (54) · 7 years ago

I like the idea of using magnifying glass! It is brilliant and a great DIY project for the day!

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steemphotography (55) · 7 years ago

magnifying clip looks nice does it really work that great

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theguruasia (67) · 7 years ago

@gamer00,
Actually you are the first person who tells me about Macro photography! It's amazing! Thanks for sharing friend!

Cheers~

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turpsy (62) · 7 years ago

I am really happy that you know and can impact knowledge to people not only through photography but also through many things that you know and have tried out.

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raist (52) · 7 years ago

I m unaware of macrophotography, thanks for the detailed description.

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whiteblood (54) · 7 years ago

Nice and innovative way for microphotography. Nice to know this kind of method. Nice and upvoted.

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pearlumie (65) · 7 years ago

Thanks for this tutorial, I never knew about macro photography. So, I could actually take quality photos from my phone? I'm resteeming this post to educate my followers too..Thank you @gamer00

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magnata (66) · 7 years ago

Thanks for the lesson, I'll try, I have a macro theme on the camera, but it does not focus, but maybe I'm doing something wrong. If it turns out I'll show it. And then really not expensive. Thanks.

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rehan12 (73) · 7 years ago

Nicely said buddy ,The way it is described it does sounds easy though

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machhour (61) · 7 years ago

Excellent post @gamer00 thanks for sharing

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voteman (53) · 7 years ago

Best DSLR shooting. thanks for the article.

For your post propagation.
Upvote/Resteem

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ahlawat (76) · 7 years ago

New work

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avagado (53) · 7 years ago

Wonderful Photography& great post.
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spiritualpower (55) · 7 years ago

Useful article

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blazing (70) · 7 years ago

oh wow these are some great tool for pro photography :)

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cityslicker (58) · 7 years ago

Thanks for this post now i know how to shoot :)

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pardeepkumar (56) · 7 years ago

Nice info for macro photography.

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resteemia (56) · 7 years ago

excellent macro photography & nice set of tools that can be used with smart phone @gamer00

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steemwija (58) · 7 years ago

@gamer00 - Sir this is the 1st time I saw equipment that can be used to get macro photography.... Nice tips Sir... To get more audience, I wish to ReSteem your post.

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starving (55) · 7 years ago

you have made photography more interesting

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cutiepie (58) · 7 years ago

wow little things can make huge difference wow

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