Focus on Photography: Photographing insects by Mark Overmars makes photographing insects fun and easy. Taking beautiful photos of insects is something everyone can do. With limited equipment, some basic knowledge and some simple techniques, you too can take spectacular photos of insects within a few weeks.
Mark Overmars has taken more than 15,000 photos of insects with virtually no knowledge of insect photography and has learned a lot from this.
He describes his twenty-week search for the best and easiest way to photograph insects. In this short time he developed from a beginner to an acclaimed insect photographer. With this book you can make a similar journey.
This book contains everything you need to know about cameras and lenses, about lighting, about composition, about settings, about using a flash and editing images. The book also teaches you about insects and where and how to find them. It contains 250 images of insects, created by the author.
The book is suitable for the amateur with little time and limited resources. You will see that with limited equipment and a little bit of knowledge and skill, it is no problem at all to photograph insects in a beautiful way.
- Practical: Follow the author in his development amateur photographer to an experienced insect photographer.
- Beautifully executed: the book contains numerous spectacular color photos, as examples and for inspiration.
- Complete: after reading this book you will have everything you need to take the most beautiful photos of insects yourself.
It is not a general introduction to insect photography, but follows Overmars' journey of discovery and describes his approach. Each section describes a week of that trip and most are self-contained, so you can skip some if you are less interested in the subject.
Focus on Photography: Photographing insects - Mark Overmars
Pages: 304
Price: €34.99
Publisher: VanDuuren Media
