The “Still Life Macro” is one of five different styles of Macro photography I set up on our second excursion. It was fun to gather all kinds of small heirlooms and see how the students put things together. They used macro extension tubes to photograph a variety of still subjects up close and personal!

Katie Anderson takes an old crystal earring and some fly lures outside in natural light to make a magical combination!

Jenny rocks the tiny little antique glass jars with different dye colors for a great angle and shallow depth of field.

Danny Morgan finds a nice granite background for the old rusty skeleton keys

Oakley Jones brings out the cool palette of colors in this old costume jewelry worn with scratches for added texture

Jason Lucas has a “bright idea” when he tapes this light bulb on the counter then flashes light into the dark glass.

Adrianna Teerlink uses a small LED light to illuminate the colorful fly lures that were sitting in total darkness

Julie Peterson uses her keen sense of design to compose this little scene of tiny bottles and trinkets from grandma’s old jewelry box

Kris Fryer adds some nice leading lines as a backdrop for this old Yale lock and keys

Katie Anderson snags the tack sharp focus on this barbed hook with the right amount of creamy background bokeh to complete the composition