Adjusting aperture alone can only do so much to get sharp images with a wide depth of field — sometimes, getting both point A and point B tack sharp in one shot is about as possible as a flying pig.

Focus stacking makes for fantastic macro images, but the process can be tedious without the right tools. While some focus stacking rigs require the camera to be moved away from the subject in small ...

Playing around with close-up photography is a lot of fun, especially once you have invested in a dedicated macro lens for your camera. However, macro lenses may not be able to give you as much depth ...

Getting up close to a subject creates a thin slice of focus – making getting sharp shots a longstanding challenge for macro photographers. But an unusual new gadget from Novoflex aims to tackle the ...

Macro photography is the art of taking photos of things very close up, and ideally at great detail. Unfortunately cameras have poor depth of field at close ranges, so to get around this, many use ...

Depth of field is a key principle to photography, a combination of factors and physics that determine how much any given photo is in focus. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, I want to to break the ...