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April 20, 2020

The guy with a butterfly net...

April 20, 2020/ Allan Walls
The guy with a butterfly net...

Catching, sorting, and shooting REALLY tiny insects - the movie.

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April 20, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 4 Comments
Beginner, Best practices, Equipment, Insects, Macro photography, Tips & Tricks
insect prep, preparing insects, catching, storing, bug, catching bugs, net, alcohol, washing, cleaning, container, microscope, fresh insects
April 17, 2020

Back to Macro - My studio workflow

April 17, 2020/ Allan Walls
Back to Macro - My studio workflow

Join me as I run through my entire focus stacking workflow - start to finish.

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April 17, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Camera settings, Indoor photography, Insects, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
macro, focus stacking, worklow, microscope objectives, insects, leaf hopper, backlighting, Stackshot, Cognisys, macro flash, focusing rail
April 07, 2020

Just Ask!

April 07, 2020/ Allan Walls
Just Ask!

Just Ask! A livestream Q&A with Allan Walls Photography! A sure cure for midweek boredom (for me, that is)!

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April 07, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
General photography, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Opinions & musings
live, Q&A, questions, viewer questions, live feed
March 31, 2020

Mounting and Cleaning Tiny Insects for Macro Photography

March 31, 2020/ Allan Walls
Mounting and Cleaning Tiny Insects for Macro Photography

A detailed look into the process of mounting, cleaning, and posing the tiniest of insects for macro photography.

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March 31, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
Beginner, Best practices, Insects, Macro photography, Tips & Tricks
cleaning, dirt, sand, washing, insect prep, ultrasonic, ultrasonic bath, detergent
March 28, 2020

Zerene Stacker - My Workflow

March 28, 2020/ Allan Walls
Zerene Stacker - My Workflow

Learn how to process your focus stacked images using Zerene Stacker.

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March 28, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
Best practices, Insects, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
Zerene Stacker, focus stacking, extreme macro, macro editing
March 25, 2020

Extreme Macro Lighting Tricks

March 25, 2020/ Allan Walls
Extreme Macro Lighting Tricks

Learn how to light your extreme macro projects perfectly every time!

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March 25, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 1 Comment
Advanced, Best practices, Extreme macro, Lighting, Macro Lighting, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
macro lighting, lighting, extreme, speedlight, flash, ant, extreme macro lighting, light cage
March 17, 2020

Focus Stacking Hardware

March 17, 2020/ Allan Walls
Focus Stacking Hardware

Need help choosing the best macro focusing rail for the money? Read on.

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March 17, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Macro photography, Equipment
focus rail, macro focus, Stackshot, Manfrotto 545, manual focus
March 08, 2020

Extreme Magnification Macro Photography

March 08, 2020/ Allan Walls
Extreme Magnification Macro Photography

High magnification begins with a microscope objective…

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March 08, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 8 Comments
Advanced, Best practices, Equipment, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Product review, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
extreme, macro, microscope, objectives, infinity, finite, AmScope, objective, extension tubes, adapters, magnification, Nikon
October 26, 2018

The Macro-Photographer in Winter - how to up your macro-game during the off-season

October 26, 2018/ Allan Walls
The Macro-Photographer in Winter - how to up your macro-game during the off-season

With the macro-photography season winding down, consider these suggestions for off-season photography activities that are guaranteed to up your macro-game in time for spring.

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October 26, 2018/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Macro photography, Technical advice
macro skills, indoor macro, water drops, photographing snow, ice images, Photoshop, Lightroom tips, Photo filing, smoke pictures, compositing, Macro gear, Lightroom, DIY projects, Photoshop tools, Wacom tablet, Pen tablet, Product photography
October 15, 2018

Macro Photography Challenge: One Rock in One Hour

October 15, 2018/ Allan Walls
Macro Photography Challenge: One Rock in One Hour

The challenge was to find and photograph, in one hour, all the bugs living on a single chunk of rock in the woods. This is how it went…

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October 15, 2018/ Allan Walls/ 3 Comments
Insects, Macro photography
macro photography, challenges, insect photography, bug facts, Jumping spiders, amazing insects, Beetles, Assassin bug, Ladybug, Ant mimic, Spiders
September 28, 2018

Ten steps for setting up your camera for great macro photography

September 28, 2018/ Allan Walls
Ten steps for setting up your camera for great macro photography

A practical, step by step guide to setting up camera and flash for better macro photographs.

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September 28, 2018/ Allan Walls/ 3 Comments
Macro photography, Technical advice, Camera settings
macro settings, macro flash settings, inverse square law, flash for macro, exposure for macro, macro and ISO, Shutter speed for ambient light, flash control and aperture settings, Camera gear, long-legged flies, Manual mode, ISO, Autofocus, Image quality, RAW images, JPEG, White balance, Flash settings, Aperture, Shutter speed, Speedlight, Camera settings
September 25, 2018

Biodiversity and a short walk... macro photography in lower Alabama

September 25, 2018/ Allan Walls
Biodiversity and a short walk... macro photography in lower Alabama

Join me on a short walk through a coastal wetland and enjoy closeup photographs of the amazing creatures I met along the way.

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September 25, 2018/ Allan Walls/ Comment /Source
Macro photography, Nature photography
Swamp, insect photography, Wasp, butterfly, hover fly, Skipper, buckeye, Sweat bee, Biodiversity, Nature walk
September 22, 2018

Macro Photography Gear - My go-to macro setup for handheld fieldwork

September 22, 2018/ Allan Walls
Macro Photography Gear - My go-to macro setup for handheld fieldwork

A breakdown of the macro photography gear that I use every day, with tips and tricks for constructing your own system (and saving a bunch of your hard-earned cash).

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September 22, 2018/ Allan Walls/ 9 Comments
Macro photography, Technical advice
macro photography, macro equipment, macro flash, flash systems, macro lenses, closeup photography equipment, DIY photography gear, Budget photography, budget macro gear, ikon, DSLR, Macro lenses, Flash settings, Camera setup, flash bracket
September 20, 2018

Amazing Insects - the cockroach killing wasp

September 20, 2018/ Allan Walls
Amazing Insects - the cockroach killing wasp

This is the story of Evania appedigaster, the blue-eyed ensign wasp, a fierce predator of cockroach eggs. With some nice big pictures and loads of gory detail. Take a look… you know you want to!

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September 20, 2018/ Allan Walls/ Comment /Source
Macro photography, Insects
cockroach killer, pest control, wasp, parasitoid, cockroach eggs, helpful insect, amazing insects
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