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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Murray" data-source="post: 429935" data-attributes="member: 9753"><p>The more I have been experimenting the more I realise how much Macro and Portrait photography have in common, the lighting affects it drastically just like a portrait. And the more I experiment wit Macro and diffuser setups the more I realise that it is just a mini studio setup for portraiture and the lighting principals are much the same but on a smaller/closer scale so you need to adjust for this. But you can use the same lighting principals in macro as you do in portraiture so long as you have a few common things, with me I do insects or amphibians etc but if I want to practice my macro lighting my Green tree frog is my model and will just sit there while I take shot after shot. This allows me to see what works and what doesn't. I am thinking in my head in regards to an ideal set up but like portraiture it is all about the impact you want the photo to have. So instead I am thinking about a portable flexible solution to my macro which varies from 1:1 to around 5:1 at times. And tonight I learnt a valuable lesson. You do not always need the best diffuser. This last photo was taken with a speedlight pointing straight while holding a piece of A4 white paper above my model.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Nice diffused lighting and small catchlight, now to experiment with a front on diffuser and maybe some A4 above aswell.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]146113[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott Murray, post: 429935, member: 9753"] The more I have been experimenting the more I realise how much Macro and Portrait photography have in common, the lighting affects it drastically just like a portrait. And the more I experiment wit Macro and diffuser setups the more I realise that it is just a mini studio setup for portraiture and the lighting principals are much the same but on a smaller/closer scale so you need to adjust for this. But you can use the same lighting principals in macro as you do in portraiture so long as you have a few common things, with me I do insects or amphibians etc but if I want to practice my macro lighting my Green tree frog is my model and will just sit there while I take shot after shot. This allows me to see what works and what doesn't. I am thinking in my head in regards to an ideal set up but like portraiture it is all about the impact you want the photo to have. So instead I am thinking about a portable flexible solution to my macro which varies from 1:1 to around 5:1 at times. And tonight I learnt a valuable lesson. You do not always need the best diffuser. This last photo was taken with a speedlight pointing straight while holding a piece of A4 white paper above my model. Nice diffused lighting and small catchlight, now to experiment with a front on diffuser and maybe some A4 above aswell. [ATTACH align="left" type="full" width="60%"]146113._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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