Photo Quickies

PhotoQuickie likes using the macro mode on our camera to photograph high contrast things up close (like flowers or food) and being an old-fashioned sorta folk, we’ve always used the optical viewfinder to see the world.

Looking at our results, we found our photos less than spectacular as though we couldn’t hold the camera steady enough to frame our objects. Unbeknownst to us, our world was suffering from an effect called parallax.

Parallax happens when PhotoQuickie views something off-center so our perspective is different than what our camera sees. When taking macro photography, the effect of parallax is greater since you are up close and personal.

PhotoQuickie has learned that there are two ways around this, we will either use a SLR camera, or take our macro photography using the LCD instead of the optical viewfinder. We think the latter fits our budget better.

Read up on: Parallax, Macro Photography,

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