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How to Photograph Flowers

By Liz Masoner, About.com

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Challenges of Flower Photography

© 2008 Liz Masoner licensed to About.com, Inc.
Flowers are a favorite photography subject of many photographers. Flowers come in a huge variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. Combine this with the bees and butterflies that flowers attract and photographers fairly swarm around flowers in bloom.

Flower photography has some unique challenges when compared with other photography subjects.
  • Dealing With Minimum Focusing Distances
  • Lighting Challenges From Multiple Surface Angles
  • Dealing With Random Motion

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