Close up & macro photography inspiration from Paul Gehret

Macro photography (sometimes called micro photography) is an area of photography dedicated to capturing small subjects, or small parts of subjects, at extreme blown up magnifications up to life size or larger. This means that a photographed subject would appear on the sensor at its same actual size in reality. This is called a 1:1 magnification. If the subject appears twice its actual size, it is called a 2:1 magnification ratio. If it appears half its actual size, it is called a 1:2 magnification ratio and so on…

Macro and close up photography involves working with special equipment that give the photographer the chance to move in nice and close to their subject for a magnified view, not possible otherwise due to lens minimum focusing distance restrictions (Read more on macro photography here).

Today I chose to introduce you to some very nice examples of close up & macro photography from Paul Gehret. Check it out…

For more close up & macro photography inspiration from Paul Gehret, please drop by his flickr photostream here or check him out on facebook right here.