I wrote last time regarding stacked lenses setups and I don’t think its fair to write about other’s rigs without showing mine.  Over the weekend I decided to take a few sample shots.  The rig that was used was a Canon T1i, Tamron 28-300mm VC, Canon 50mm 1.8 stacked and reversed.  I used a male [...]

What do you want to do when you are a budget minded photographer and you want to do some extreme macro?  You stack lenses of course! Stack Lenses? Why should I be stacking my lenses?  What does that mean?
Basically it is just as it sounds.  You take your telephoto lens or a high range [...]

I know of a lot of people setting up reverse lens macro setups to photograph products.  It is a very controlled studio setting with controlled lighting which for this form of photography is a marriage made in heaven.  I found this great video introduction from user prophotolife on youtube showing you how to setup a foam board [...]

Light tents are a great way to get that perfect shot for reverse lens macro photography.  Most of the time you end up with the lens so close to the subject and you just can’t get enough light in there with a flash or even a bounce.  I desided to do a small round up [...]

Lighting is always a difficult subject when it comes to macro photography and especially towards the budget minded photographer at home.  I have seen plenty of ring lights and other do it yourself contraptions but I noticed something the other day in a forum post on dcresource that caught my eye as I have never [...]