A little time invested in a pool test saves a lot of aggravation when you pick up your developed film. So, before venturing in the wild, borrow a couple of plastic toys from your kids or your dog and jump in a pool. Note the essential information such as the type of film and lens used, the aperture setting and the flash-subject distances. After processing, look at your images and write down the settings that produced the best pictures. Off to a good start Even if we plan to cover macrophotography in more details in a future article, this brief introduction contains everything you might need to produce pleasing results.
Most people begin by taking diver or fish portraits.
Quite often they do not like the results and discouragement settles in as they spend more film. Macro represents an easy starting point that produces rewarding results. There is also a side benefit, macrophotography forces you to look for critters that you would otherwise ignore. As you will see there is a whole universe living within the limits of a small framer. Go to glossary for the photo glossary.