How Macro & More Started

When Jack Graham called one day with the idea of a combined macro and landscape workshop, I thought it was a brilliant idea.  It has a couple of great advantages over the standard landscape workshops. 

 

A)  With landscapes workshops you shoot mainly mornings and evening when the light is at its  best,  but with macro we control the light, so we can shoot during the midday hours which allows us to shoot from dawn till dusk.

B)   If your going to travel to a great landscape destination to shoot in a macro workshop, you would be crazy not to shoot the landscapes while your there.  By combining the macro and more you will receive more benefits in this style of workshop.

 

I didn’t hesitate in this opportunity to work with Jack,  an excellent all around photographer, who also brings to the table many years of experince in offering nature photography workshops.  Jack being a very outgoing and personable guy, has gotten to know and work with many of the big name professional nature shooters, which has help  him reach to the level of his success today. 

 

Next,  Jack calls and asked what I thought about doing a blog with the Macro & More theme.  Once again I thought, what a brilliant idea.  We can combine our talents to help people learn more about the equipment, techniques, products, and locations, of the M&M style.  We will also update this site with our upcoming workshops and events. Jack and I are always happy to help those with any questions, and please let us know of any ideas of thing you would like to read about. 

 

As a full time macro photographer I will be posting and giving tips and product info about the macro world, I’ll leave any landscape stuff to the expert, Jack.  Here’s a shot from last May’s M&M workshop in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon.  This is a California Poppy shaded by Purple Vetch. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Mike Moats