If you are looking for a wildlife photo tour that gets you up close with beasts that are colorful, extraordinary looking, and roam completely wild, then stay right where you are because a macro garden photo safari is what you need. Backyards, parks, and even cities could be your perfect photo location because insects are found almost everywhere.

In this photography video tutorial, Gavin Hoey steps outside his studio and into his garden in search of spiders, ants, flies, beetles, or anything that will stay still long enough for him to get up close with a macro lens. The video is packed full of macro photography tips with plenty of gear suggestions and lighting advice for insect photography.

Gavin starts off his macro photography journey by using just natural light. He shares his camera settings for macro photography and demonstrates how he transforms harsh sunlight into soft shade using a 5 in 1 reflector.

Next Gavin switches to macro photography with flash. He takes you through his everimproving macro flash setup, talks about the simple camera settings he uses for his macro photos of bugs, and shares some top tips on how to improve your closeup photos of insects.

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Timestamps and Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:12 Essential gear for macro photography
2:06 Macro photography with just daylight
3:55 How to get closeup shots of insects
5:41 Flash setup for macro insect photography
6:55 Camera settings for macro photos with flash
7:32 Pros and cons of flash for macro photos
8:36 Improve your macro insect photo composition
9:27 How to increase your macro depth of field
10:08 Conclusions and Subscribe

Gavin Hoey is a freelance photographer, content creator, OM SYSTEM ambassador, and trainer who specializes in all things photography.

With over 25 years of experience, Gavin’s photography career has grown from a parttime job writing articles for photography magazines into a fulltime career creating video tutorials and live streams. More often than not he can be found photographing, filming, and editing in his small home studio.

Gavin is a highly creative and talented photographer who believes that anyone can take amazing photos. Now in his 11th year with Adorama TV, sharing that belief with over 1.2 million subscribers is an honor he never takes for granted.

Whether it’s portrait or macro photography, studio lighting, or postprocessing, Gavin is passionate about creating simple, entertaining, and educational content. In fact, the only thing he enjoys more than talking about photography is actually doing photography.

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