A macro lens is a photographer’s ticket to shooting exotic images without leaving your own backyard — or maybe even your living room. The environment you’ve looked at for years can feel like an ...

In a nutshell, macro photography refers to close-up, magnified images of tiny things. Common examples are images of bugs, in which you can see them in so much detail you can even tell the minuscule ...

Why do people who aren't even photographers love macro photography?

One genre. Three photographers. Three standout images, each revealing how vision, timing and technique come together in a ...

Photographer and National Geographic Explorer Anand Varma offers his tips for mastering macro photography—a surprising glimpse into the small world. A honeybee (Apis mellifera) emerges from its brood ...

Ethan Beckler is an accountant by day and a professional macro photographer at the weekend, based in Quincy, Illinois, USA. He contacted the BDJ to share macro photos he had taken of a grain of a sand ...

Macro is one of the most exciting photography modes, allowing you to get extreme close-up shots of beings and objects. However, it can also be extremely challenging, as one has to get very close to ...

The photos I most enjoy taking with my iPhone are macro shots of flowers. I may not be a serious photographer, but I’m entranced by the color, patterns, and architectural parts of flowers when viewed ...