Introduction to Macro Photography
What is macro photography?
A course by Sergi Gomez Garcia , Photographer and retoucher
About the video: What is macro photography?
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain what is considered macro photography technically, what are the different kinds of photomacrography and I will talk about a crucial concept of this technique, the magnification (m).”
In this video lesson Sergi Gomez Garcia addresses the topic: What is macro photography?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Macro Photography. Master the focus stacking technique and discover a universe behind the little things.
Partial transcription of the video
“What is macro photography? In this lesson, I will show you what macro photography is and I will teach you a couple of crucial concepts so you can enter this discipline. I will also show you the technique of stacking or stacking focus, We will work in practice. Let's see it. The first thing is to define what macro photography is. If we were with colleagues, we could tell them which is photographing tiny things like insects, rings ... It would be macro photography and it would be correct, but in photography it does not work. To define it in photography, we need the concept of magnification, w...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Macro Photography
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, Helicon Focus -
Areas
Digital Photography, Photography, Product Photography, Studio Photography

Sergi Gomez Garcia
A course by Sergi Gomez Garcia
Professional photographer based in Barcelona (Spain) with more than 15 years of experience working and researching new techniques, disciplines, and photographic trends. Specialized in scientific images (Universidad de Alcalá), Sergi is part of the Spanish Association of Scientific and Forensic Image, and the International Virtual Reality Professionals Association.
Sergi Gómez believes that continuous learning is the best tool for quality work at an artistic and aesthetic level. In addition to his work in extreme macro and macro photography, he also takes product, event, and art photography, as well as photo essays and retouching.
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