10 amazing Photo ideas you can capture in your Garden

[Jens Heidler]

Hey everyone,
today I want to share 10 cool macro photography ideas you can shoot in your garden. The only thing you need is a flash, flash diffuser, a little bit of luck and patience.

 

[Jeff G]

I am really enjoying your videos!

 

[K9Kirk]

Very nice video and some cool pics! I just got into macro photography recently and I have a good flash & diffuser that works real nice but since the shutter speed is limited to 1/200 I had the idea to use my head lantern (LED light) to light the subject instead so that way I can use higher shutter speeds. I haven't tried it out just yet but I will soon to see if my idea works. I really hope it does because some of my (what could've been great) pics of bees flying were blurred because of the low shutter speed. Any thoughts on that idea?

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Thank you for yet another interesting, informative and professionally created video. Beautiful photos and video.

 

[Jens Heidler]

Thank you guys
Which flash do you use? Some flashes have HSS (High speed mode)-Mode which has to be activated manually.
My sony a6300 is limited to 1/160 but fortunately my new flash supports HSS and i can use faster shutter speeds.
(acutally all my images are shot between 1/100 1/160, because I want ISO 100)

 

[K9Kirk]

Thank you guys
Which flash do you use? Some flashes have HSS (High speed mode)-Mode which has to be activated manually.
My sony a6300 is limited to 1/160 but fortunately my new flash supports HSS and i can use faster shutter speeds.
(acutally all my images are shot between 1/100 1/160, because I want ISO 100)

The flash I have is this: Neewer E-TTL Speedlite Flash with LCD Display, Hard Diffuser. It goes for $45.99 on amazon. (I got it as a gift) I don't know the manual settings, that'll take some time to learn them so I just use the TTL for now and it works fine anyway for what I use it for. I'm putting up some pics I just used it on in the macro section on this site. I normally don't do it but since it is macro and you want everything to stand out I greatly enhanced them with some basic windows editing tools. I have Photoshop elements '18 but rarely use it for various reasons. So what do you think about using a headlamp instead of a flash?

 

[Jens Heidler]

Thank you guys
Which flash do you use? Some flashes have HSS (High speed mode)-Mode which has to be activated manually.
My sony a6300 is limited to 1/160 but fortunately my new flash supports HSS and i can use faster shutter speeds.
(acutally all my images are shot between 1/100 1/160, because I want ISO 100)

The flash I have is this: Neewer E-TTL Speedlite Flash with LCD Display, Hard Diffuser. It goes for $45.99 on amazon. (I got it as a gift) I don't know the manual settings, that'll take some time to learn them so I just use the TTL for now and it works fine anyway for what I use it for. I'm putting up some pics I just used it on in the macro section on this site. I normally don't do it but since it is macro and you want everything to stand out I greatly enhanced them with some basic windows editing tools. I have Photoshop elements '18 but rarely use it for various reasons. So what do you think about using a headlamp instead of a flash?

I guess the problem might be, that the light is too harsh (like sunlight) or you have to diffuse your flashlight light as well (is the light still bright enought?). I did this for indoor macro photography when I did not own my softbox and ring light, but outside, it does not sound like fun for me

 

[K9Kirk]

Thank you guys
Which flash do you use? Some flashes have HSS (High speed mode)-Mode which has to be activated manually.
My sony a6300 is limited to 1/160 but fortunately my new flash supports HSS and i can use faster shutter speeds.
(acutally all my images are shot between 1/100 1/160, because I want ISO 100)

The flash I have is this: Neewer E-TTL Speedlite Flash with LCD Display, Hard Diffuser. It goes for $45.99 on amazon. (I got it as a gift) I don't know the manual settings, that'll take some time to learn them so I just use the TTL for now and it works fine anyway for what I use it for. I'm putting up some pics I just used it on in the macro section on this site. I normally don't do it but since it is macro and you want everything to stand out I greatly enhanced them with some basic windows editing tools. I have Photoshop elements '18 but rarely use it for various reasons. So what do you think about using a headlamp instead of a flash?

I guess the problem might be, that the light is too harsh (like sunlight) or you have to diffuse your flashlight light as well (is the light still bright enought?). I did this for indoor macro photography when I did not own my softbox and ring light, but outside, it does not sound like fun for me

I experimented with it a little and found out the light isn't even when the subject starts moving away from the center of the beam (or your focus) and I agree that it needs to be diffused. Aside from that, I felt like uber geek wearing a lantern in the daytime, lol!

 

[CherylL]

I liked the video and learned a few things too. It was entertaining and moved at a good pace. I'll have to look at your other videos. I did watch the one on Ecuador. Loved the speed ramp edits. What did you use for the title work?

 

[Jens Heidler]

Thank you Next travel edit will be:Madagascar. I used adobe premiere CC 2019 to edit everything (thumbnail included).