Understanding Close-Up Photography - Creative close encounters with or without a macro lens

Nature photography plus much more, with full info on equipment, exposure, light, and composition.

In Understanding Close-up Photography Bryan Peterson turns his attention to a topic that is an ongoing favorite with photographers. But where most macro photography books focus on capturing subjects in nature, Peterson promises to go beyond, teaching you to photograph a range of subjects from animals & plants from the garden, beach, or mountains to objects found in the kitchen, supermarket, even the junkyard. In addition to information on equipment, exposure, light, and composition, his book will feature elements of technique that go beyond the norm, teaching you to shoot not just what is generally considered close-up, but to go even closer to the point of abstraction. He will also show you how to produce the intimacy of a close-up within a larger shot - how to capture the look in your subject's eyes without compromising the clarity of the surrounding scene.

Peterson offers his signature touch with his personal terminology: in what he likes to call Pop Junk he shows how combining creativity with the right digital technology can turn close-up photos of the most ordinary objects into surprising pieces of art.