FEATURED: Photography Equipment Macro

[Lydia Bennett]

Welcome! This is the place for you to post photos for the July 2023 photo assignment, participate in discussion with your fellow photographers, and ask questions to Lenspiration Team Members!

Click here to read the current Assignment Details, learn how to shoot the assignment, submit your high-resolution photos, and register for the next webinar!

[Anastasia Nguyen]

Hi! This is my first assignment, and I was wondering if you need to shoot in RAW in order to submit photos?
Thank you!

[Allison Estabrook]

@nguyenfamily no, it’s not necessary to shoot in RAW for the assignments! I almost always use JPG, as it has a smaller file size, but RAW has benefits when it comes to editing. 🙂

[Anastasia Nguyen]

@musicgal oh thank you!
-Anastasia

[Lydia Bennett]

Great summary, @musicgal!

[Frazer Family]

This shot of an Android phone was taken with an Android phone.
-Stephen.

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[James Staddon]

Sweet, @frazer-family! Great perspective.

Here are the photos I took for this assignment with my homemade extension tube. I haven’t had so much fun shooting an assignment in a long time! I love DIY projects. 🙂 The two photos with the tiny light bulbs are macro shots of a light panel.

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[Maximiana L.]

Here is an edited version of my original photo:

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[Maximiana L.]

Here is the original photo:

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[Blessings Captured]

The picture of inserting the memory card is with my 24-70 lens. The other two are with a reversed 58mm manual lens. I had never thought about utilizing the manual aperture when reversing lenses. It worked very well.
-Hannah

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[Laura Lane]

Here are my photos for this assignment! I used my Sony DSC-HX300, and shot as macro as I could! Would these be classified as macro shots, or not?

–Laura

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[Laura Lane]

Last one!

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[Lydia Bennett]

Great question, @laura-aome! Adobe defines macro photography in this way: “Macro photography is all about showcasing a subject larger than it is in real life — an extreme close-up of something small.” So, yes, your photos would be considered macro!

[Laura Lane]

Thank you for that @lenspirationlydia! Glad mine are macro, at least to some extent!

I also was going to mention that the camera was actually quite dusty when I photographed it, and I had to use the Spotfix tool on my editor to try and clean up the pictures! So for everyone who will shoot this assignment….I would suggest that you clean the camera or whatever else you’re photographing beforehand! Lol!

–Laura

[Jennifer Potter]

Here are my photos for the current assignment. It was quite challenging for me because I was shooting with an iPhone, but I enjoyed the experience. I shot the photos with different angles and focuses.(some of which completely failed, or were blurry!!!)
-Joanna

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