Zoom In on Macro Videography

Posted: February 15, 2010

As video producers, we're always on the lookout for new textures, new imagery, and startlingly fresh looks for our videos. It's hard to keep up with the constantly changing visual world, but there is another world, a fascinating world once relegated to sci-fi films and laboratories: the micro world.

As video producers, we're always on the lookout for new textures, new imagery, and startlingly fresh looks for our videos. It's hard to keep up with the constantly changing visual world, but there is another world, a fascinating world once relegated to sci-fi films and laboratories: the micro world.

Learn how to use your digital video camera to zoom in on new worlds. With a simple twist of the lens barrel on your camera.

As video producers, we're always on the lookout for new textures, new imagery, and startlingly fresh looks for our videos. It's hard to keep up with the constantly changing visual world, but there is another world, a fascinating world once relegated to sci-fi films and laboratories: the micro world.

We're all used to seeing everyday objects at a certain size. Just imagine using your camera's macro function to bring your viewers eye to eye (actually many, many eyes!) with a honey bee, or perhaps focusing on the precision handiwork in a woven pattern.

Just imagine using your camera's macro function to bring your viewers eye to eye (actually many, many eyes!) with a honey bee, or perhaps focusing on the precision handiwork in a woven pattern. Read the rest of "Zoom In on Macro Videography."