Introduction to Macro Photography
Stage assembly and lighting
A course by Sergi Gomez Garcia , Photographer and retoucher
About the video: Stage assembly and lighting
Overview
“In this lesson I will teach you how to prepare your study for a macro session. We will place all the elements of the photograph and I will teach you to create round drops with glycerin that are kept on the petal.”
In this video lesson Sergi Gomez Garcia addresses the topic: Stage assembly and lighting, 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
“Stage assembly and lighting In this lesson, I will teach you stage setup and lights. I decided to take some pictures a few drops of water and a reflection. The reflection that I have decided to make is exactly a flower. The first thing I will put before any photograph, It is obviously the camera. In this case, I have the camera mounted on top of a macro photography lane, It is a lane that allows me to do Forward and backward steps millimeter and so I can focus on each of the planes that exist. I put different elements and I'm interested in having this movement. In macro photography autofocu...”
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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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