Comments on: 5 Essential Macro Photography Rules (and When to Break Them)

By: Krishna Sankar

Krishna Sankar — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:11:33 +0000

In reply to Reynaldo Reyes. That’s actually a good point. Once I had an image resurface elsewhere with no credit. Since then, I’ve started managing how my name gets tied to my work more carefully reputation tracking after reading this: https://qwertylabs.io/services/online-reputation-management/

By: Reynaldo Reyes

Reynaldo Reyes — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:03:45 +0000

In reply to Thomas Taylor. For sure. Breaking a rule with intention is the key. But if you’re sharing that kind of experimental stuff publicly, it’s worth thinking about how people perceive your work—especially when it starts circulating.

By: Thomas Taylor

Thomas Taylor — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 08:46:29 +0000

In reply to Krishna Sankar. I’ve broken the “shoot at eye-level” advice a few times. Going slightly above my subject made a shot feel less insect-documentary and more abstract nature piece.

By: Krishna Sankar

Krishna Sankar — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 07:46:52 +0000

In reply to Kaitlyn Duff. True. And while I like the “fill the frame” guideline, I’ll occasionally step back and let negative space do the talking. It adds mood if done right.

By: Kaitlyn Duff

Kaitlyn Duff — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:27:15 +0000

In reply to Krishna Sankar. I also skip that too sometimes. Honestly, I’ve been focusing more on how my collection looks online than sticking strictly to the rules. Getting your portfolio to reflect your style matters—especially if you're building your presence across different platforms like https://qwertylabs.io/ helps map that out structurally.

By: Krishna Sankar

Krishna Sankar — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 03:00:18 +0000

Anyone else here totally ignore the “always use a tripod” rule in macro? I’ve gotten sharper handheld shots just by steadying my breath and shooting in bursts.

By: jahid

jahid — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 04:54:41 +0000

Great article, Jaymes! These macro rules are spot-on — and knowing when to break them really sets creative work apart. As an image editing company, we often see how clever composition and selective focus (or blur) can make or break a macro shot during post-processing. Especially love the part on controlled chaos — it’s a great way to create depth and emotion in close-up work. Professional Photo Retouching https://imageeditexpert.com/

By: Claudia Schweizer

Claudia Schweizer — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:14:31 +0000

First just in general. I am enjoying the DPS so much each time as it appears in my mail account. Now to macro photography in special. I also am a macro pro-photographer, but reading this article convinced me of many mentioned aspects and rules, which I'll have to recall in my next macros and remember them. They are virtually all rules.. Thank you very much for all the articles!!

By: Steve Eather

Steve Eather — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 09:01:00 +0000

Thanks so much Jaymes for highlighting the need for individual photographers to create their own style, rather than be restricted by “rules”! Go well mate ?

By: pete guaron

pete guaron — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 14:01:00 +0000

Not so much “any” rule, as “all” rules, Jaymes. We’re not talking “rules” as in “the rules of the road”, which HAVE to be complied with, or there’d be chaos and carnage all over the place. I long ago decided that these principles served as “rules” during our apprenticeship, and then became “guidelines”. Sometimes creativity only starts when you turn one of these “rules” upside down. Sometimes you do your damnedest – and during post, nothing seems to look right – the suddenly, you see what you’ve missed, all along, and a bit of a crop, a change of format, a tweak of colours or contrast or whatever, and you have a masterpiece.