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Something about macro photography is captivating and stunning. However, traditional macro lenses can be super expensive, and just not a practical investment for someone who just wants to occasional take these kind of pictures, or just as a hobby.  In this guide and a little help from digital-photography-school.com with  lessons on close-up and macro photography by Andrew S Gibson , I'm going to cover how to use a single reverse macro ring to use an 18-55mm lens as a macro. 

Shooting outdoors on location can have its challenges at times. Anything from weather, either ongoing or previous, to other people on the location can either aid or hinder your shooting process. Even if shooting a selfie, the background and the way the light is hitting your face can make all the difference. 

Sometimes we just dont get it right in camera. If you shoot in RAW, Lightroom can be savor for underexposed images. I go walking through the Everglades here in Florida quite often and here are some recent images I didnt quite get right in camera and was able to save in post. By shooting in RAW there is much more flexibility in Lightroom and other software editing image to "recover" it. Notice in the images below the detail I was able to extract that otherwise would have been gone.