Tips For Shooting Insects Outside

On this video photographer Tony Northrup shares a number of tips on shooting macro shots of insects such as bees, Butterflies, Wasps, and Flies in the field. Macro photography in the field can be challenging especially due to the constant movement of your subject (even the smallest wind can move a flower with the bug on it) and the very shallow depth of field makes things even harder. However as Northrup explains – there are ways around it especially if you have enough light.

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Iddo Genuth

Iddo Genuth is the founder and chief editor of LensVid.com. He has been a technology reporter working for international publications since the late 1990's and covering photography since 2009. Iddo is also a co-founder of a production company specializing in commercial food and product visual content.