How to Photograph Insects Tutorial: Hand-held with a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Lens

Good tips, thanks Paul. Gonna grab my camera and go outside now!

Great tips Paul. Going to try this out different look from using a ring flash

Can you maybe do a video on how to clean care n protect your gear please paul

Very nice tutorial. I really liked the audio part. Yours had just enough ambient sounds to make it sound realistic unlike some content creators, who sound like they dubbed their videos in the post.
Can you please share your audio setup?

I do a lot of insect macro photography and often use the methods you describe. Another important point is getting the subjects eye in focus. I get down to the same level and preset the single autofocus point to the right or left, where the eye will be in shot, but keep the rest of the body in the frame. Then lots of patience. A monopod is a good tool too.

Very nice tutorial.

Very good and informative video as always. I just wanted to add that using the lenshood is ALWAYS when you shoot using flash, which is often the case in macro. In that case it's simply better to remove it from the beginning.

Beautiful! I love macro photography thanks for your helpful tips!

Great video.

Cool vid mate

Nice practical tips, Paul. Very nice photos!

Love this video gave me some insight into photographing my tarantulas! Thank you!

In Texas spring is a grear time for photography of any kind due to the abundance of wild flowers in bloom especially our bluebonnets.

However the fields become saturated with so many people they trample nearly all the wildflowers in a given area. Those flowers never recover.

This happens every year.

Thanks so much for the very helpful and clear tips

Nice results, but I won't get those results with my crop sensor kit without using flash+diffusers. My hand held results will always be out of focus, regardless of shutter speed. (Tried and proven).

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So Basically the further away, the more open aperture? I'm using olympus, so ibis and 60mm macro lens. 120mm in ff.

What max auto iso do you use?

Well done for mentioning the trampling of plants. Good video. Interesting to see that you use ISO 800. it seems ok, and not too grainy.

Well done for mentioning the trampling of plants. Good video. Interesting to see that you use ISO 800. it seems ok, and not too grainy.

Thanks for the great videos! I very much want to get into photographing insects and my friend's tiny sculpts for her Etsy shop. I cannot decide on my first camera for this hobby. I feel that this lens is perfect., which camera for this lens would you recommend for a new person like me?

very nice video, as usual. Many compliments for the always very beautiful pictures and very useful tips, thank you

Thanks Paul! This video helped a lot

Great tips, thanks!

Why not try mornings? E.g around sunrise. No wind.

Thanks for the expertise. I have the same lens and I love it. Waving from The Bahamas :)

Excellent video! Thank you so much!!!

Great tips thanks Paul.

Thank you Paul for these fantastic video tutorials, I’ve learned a great deal from the these and our one to one instruction course. I don’t expect to meet your standards but the images I take now are much improved. Thank you again.

This was really helpful . Thank you. I am now going out with my newly purchased Macro lens.

Thanks Miguel for sharing, much appreciated. Miguel, what sort of metering do you normally use for insects photography? Thanks.

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Really enjoyed this video, great tips thank you 🙂

Thank you Paul for these fantastic learn video tutorials, I’ve learned a great deal from the these and our one to one instruction course. I don’t expect to meet your standards but the images I take now are much improved. Thank you again from NAF Drone

Hi do you use focus stacking?

Clear & Precise, thanks - Tried most, but good to refresh the old brainbox!

Great vid I’ve just got a stabilised L version of the 100mm 2.8 and well looking forward to getting some bug shots

NUMBER ONE ....Get out of pryority mode any thing your camera can do , you can do faster and better. No exposure compensation is needed. I shoot with three Canon 600 ex rt speedlight on a custom built set up with custom built softboxes. All 3 are controlled manually. I can adjust each one individually all from my cameras rear lcd. Plus I can add 2 more channels of speedlights for greater background or kicker lights. In a 5 channel A,B,CD and E group mode. Canon system is the greatest.

Great video mate. So many valuable tips!

Great video. I was thinking all the time whether the lens is worth it especially in the older version. After I saw your video and the great photos I ordered it

What beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing.

Shooting in manual is a whole lot easier… don’t have to worry about exposure compensation and you don’t have to keep checking your shutter speed. I use manual setting for ALL my photography and it simply can’t be beaten.

Omg I just love how you used 100mm macro in this video! I am confused. Would I be needing extension or hood for this lens when shooting macro?

Thanks, I leaned from your presentation and examples.

I Have a canon 100mm f2.8 and with my lens I find that even though I am close to the subject and have a low fstop still the background is not blurred like yours is. Is the something to do with the settings on the lense like infinity?

Excellent video with numerous useful suggestions. I look forward to giving it a go. Many thanks!

Very beautiful and informative tips.. Thanks.