Artistic Macro Floral Photography Techniques
Boost your creativity and have fun shooting artistic macro floral photographs with Jackie Kramer! Join Jackie in the Florida Botanical Gardens to learn how you can create stunning floral images of your own. In this class you will learn how to bring out character in a flower, what gear you’ll need, optimal camera settings, how to overcome challenges you’ll face in the field, how to capture textures and color washes you can use in post production, how to shoot in-camera multiple exposures, and so much more! Jackie wraps up the class with a series of lessons on her post production techniques to edit the photos and bring her vision to life.
Release Date: 2019-11-01
Lessons
Introduction
The instructor introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
Duration: 0 mins 50 seconds
How to Bring Out Character in a Flower
Certain flowers are symbolic of different things.
Duration: 2 mins 51 seconds
The Basic Shot
Jackie demonstrates how she approaches capturing the basic flower shot.
Duration: 4 mins 32 seconds
High Key Shot
Another approach is to create a high key shot.
Duration: 3 mins 7 seconds
Exploring the Garden
Jackie scouts the garden for light, locations, flowers, and textures.
Duration: 3 mins 16 seconds
Overcoming Challenges
There are a number of distractions you’ll have to deal with in the field.
Duration: 5 mins 11 seconds
Dealing With Wind
Jackie shares her camera settings for dealing with wind.
Duration: 3 mins 42 seconds
Choosing a Lens
Jackie discusses what different lenses can do for your flower photography.
Duration: 3 mins 26 seconds
Examples With Different Lenses
Jackie demonstrates how she shoots using different lenses.
Duration: 13 mins 25 seconds
Shooting Textures
From flat surfaces to color washes that can be used in post processing.
Duration: 3 mins 36 seconds
Looking For Opportunities
Jackie continues to explore the garden looking for what opportunities exist for photographing.
Duration: 5 mins 2 seconds
Multiple Exposures
Jackie demonstrates different in-camera multiple exposure techniques.
Duration: 3 mins 28 seconds
Image Review and Post Processing
Back in studio, Jackie goes through the photos she created in the botanical garden.
Duration: 11 mins 8 seconds
Post Processing High Key Image
Jackie demonstrates her workflow for editing a high key photo in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop.
Duration: 17 mins 2 seconds
Post Processing Multiple Exposures
Jackie wraps up the class with a walk through of her edit of the in-camera multiple exposure photos.
Duration: 17 mins 48 seconds