Light the way

Stop down the aperture to get as much of your subject in focus as possible Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 100mm, 1/40sec at f/9, ISO 200

Colleen Slater

Colleen Slater is a professional photographer and macro specialist with an interest in the smaller things in life. Her images draw attention to the ordinary, often unnoticed, things in the everyday world. Based in Brighton, she teaches photography one-to-one and gives talks on macro. Find out more at www.colleenslaterphotography.co.uk

Macro photography presents a unique set of challenges to the photographer. When overcome though, it’s possible to create intriguing images of things that may be overlooked or unseen with the naked eye. The difficulty lies in the close subject-to-sensor distance, which magnifies the subject and results in very shallow depth