The world of close up photography can be broken down into three categories; these are defined by how much magnification you apply in the photographic process.

The first is simply called “close up” and is defined loosely as shots that are less than life size but still close to the subject.

The second in called macro photography and is defined as shots that range from a life size reproduction to ten times life size.

This is typically what we talk about when we talk close up photography with normal cameras and lenses.

The last category is micro photography. These are images made with a microscope and greater than a ten times enlargement of the original subject.

For this lesson we will focus on the first two, with the emphasis on the macro approach.

Copyright © 1995- Photoflex, Inc.