Photographer Uses a Smartphone To Capture Striking Insect Macro Shots
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- 08 Jul 2022
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For photographer David Joseph, all it takes to capture stunning macro shots of insects and plants is his smartphone and a mobile macro lens.
Joseph, first started practicing photography using inanimate objects and following tutorials found online. As time went on, he moved on to flowers which quickly became his favorite subject to capture. He noticed how they are rarely alone in the larger ecosystem and attract insects, providing them with food or shelter.
“I’d see butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and having never observed these things, it was so fun and freeing experiencing moments that made me feel like an innocent child again,” Joseph tells PetaPixel.
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“These subjects appeared larger than life and in a form I had never seen. I guess I fell in love with what I never even knew was a kind of photography then.”
Seeing his beautiful subjects in a magnified form and immersing himself in their world are some of the things Joseph loves about macro photography. Learning more about this unique part of the natural world has also allowed Joseph to pass that knowledge to others, educating them “about the importance of things they’d normally ignore or destroy.” Read More...
