Rockynook Book The Complete Guide to Macro and Close-Up Photography by Cyrill Harnischmacher

Rockynook Book The Complete Guide to Macro and Close-Up Photography by Cyrill Harnischmacher

The Complete Guide to Macro and Close-Up Photography by Cyrill Harnischmacher is a comprehensive handbook on macro and close-up photography, offering both ambitious beginners and veteran photographers all the information they need to create great macro photographs.

Covers Everything You Need to Know

Experienced photographer and author Cyrill covers explanations of all the concepts behind close-up and macro photography, equipment, shooting techniques, tackling subject matter both in the field and in the studio, working creatively with ambient and artificial light, countless hands-on shooting tips, post-processing your macro images and more.

Insights about Macro Photography

The book also offers insights about macro photo composition, discussing light, color, camera position, and focus. With more than 600 images and figures illustrating the various ways readers can document the world of the infinitesimal, this book is not only a technical guide, but also a source of inspiration giving readers ideas to run with and make their own. Finally, the book also includes do-it-yourself projects, offering solutions both for everyday shooting as well as for dealing with specific situations unique to macro photography.

About the Author

After studying liberal arts and working for several years as a graphic artist for various advertising agencies, Cyrill Harnischmacher became an independent graphic artist in 1997. Since then he has written about photography and digital image editing for trade journals and has designed many books for a long roster of publishers. He’s worked on both sides of the business as a client and a photographer.