As a wedding & portrait photographer, capturing detail is critical.  At every wedding event there are details of the wedding that have meaning and emotion to the bride, groom and/or family.  Having knowledge of the emotional value that the  details carry is extremely important and of course capturing those details in images is just as important.  In many cases these detail images are captured using a technique called Macro photography.  Macro Photography is extremely close-up photography, usually of very small subjects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is equal to or greater than the life size of the object on the image.   

An extension tube fits between the camera body and the lens to increase focal length that increases image size.  I recently obtained  a new extension tube as well as a close up lens filter kit.  

I am a huge believer in practice, practice, practice!  I am sure you remember the movie "Karate Kid" with "Pat" Morita and Ralph Macchio.  Among other things, the movie professed practice & training to move towards perfection.  I try to "practice" as much photography as possible, but not sure I achieve that goal, but I did want to practice my Macro photography with my new equipment.  So here are a few images:

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So, I hope you enjoy the images, and please share your thoughts in the comments section.  Don't forget to check out my website at www.markfreyphotography.com as well as "Like" my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/markfreyphotography.

Thanks for looking!