Macro is getting in very, very close to your subject, like 1 inch away. One of the goals of the class is to get students to think more abstractly and not photograph whole objects like a sculpture in a museum or a blow dryer in a salon. Creates some magic by showing us a tiny detail. Organic shapes like leaves, water drops deep inside a flower with the petals extending past the edge of the frame work better than human made objects like keys.
Macro is getting in very, very close to your subject, like 1 inch away. One of the goals of the class is to get students to think more abstractly and not photograph whole objects like a sculpture in a museum or a blow dryer in a salon. Creates some magic by showing us a tiny detail.
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