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Close-up photography is one of the most fascinating areas in photography. This illustrated guide will take the reader on a journey into the wonderful world of small, smaller, and smallest objects and show him how he can capture their beauty with photographic images. Each step of the way will be carefully explained how to choose the right equipment, how to use ambient light or create artificial lighting, and how to conceptualize and frame the perfect shot. Whereas the nature photographer is exploring facets and structures in his environment, the «table top photographer» is trying to shoot a small object, a product, or a small treasure for display on the web (e.g., eBay) or in print. Here, the choice of the appropriate lighting and backdrop, and the creative use of the cameras features are key to a perfect image.
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Closeup Shooting
Editor: Gerhard Rossbach · Translation: Christina Schulz · Copyeditors: Don Lafler, Samuel Dixon Layout and Type: Cyrill Harnischmacher · Cover Design: Helmut Kraus, www.exclam.de Printer: Friesens Corporation, Altona, Canada · Printed in Canada
ISBN 978-1-933952-09-3
1st Edition (c) 2007 by Rocky Nook Inc. 26 West Mission Street Ste 3 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 www.rockynook.com
First published under the title "close-up shooting" · (c) Cyrill Harnischmacher, Germany 2006
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Harnischmacher, Cyrill. [Close-up shooting. German] Closeup shooting : a guide to closeup, tabletop, and macro photography / Cyrill Harnischmacher ; [translation, Christina Schulz]. -- 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-933952-09-3 (alk. paper) 1. Photography, Close-up. I. Title. TR683.H3713 2008 778.3'24--dc22 2008011237
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This book is printed on acid-free paper.
My thanks go to Urte, Tabea, Jona, Ingrid, Kai, Bettina, and to all those who have contributed to this book one way or another.
Moss. 1/125 sec at f/13; 50mm macro lens with 2x converter; off-camera flash with softbox. The moss was sprayed with water shortly before this image was taken.
Insights into New Worlds One of the most fascinating areas of photography is
photography, but macro and tabletop photography as
closeup photography. Each step taken further into its
well. Therefore, in the interest of consistency, the term
depths is a step into a new world. Crystal clear globes
“closeup” will be used in lieu of alternating between
may appear to hang weightless in space and seem to
“closeup”, “tabletop”, and “macro”. Closeup and
defy the laws of physics; we meet bizarre creatures
tabletop photography also differ from macro photo-
that appear as though they came from other planets;
graphy in that the attraction of closeup and tabletop
and we discover master achievements in architecture
photography is more about designing, whereas macro
which any engineer or architect would envy