Jordan Lye

I get bored with the shooting I did normally, when I looked at other people photos I find that their macro shot are impressing and out of the world, I wonder how can I to be like them? So I try with no flash macro for the first day, the result is not bad, after that try to shoot with tripod but with some fill in flash together with my D.I.Y diffuser, I find that these shots are much more impressing than my previous one. Most of my shots are Dragonflies are because they seldom move around and they are not camera shy. Something to share here………..

Since I move to this house, I never try a studio macro, coincidently I saw a mantis in my garden while I’m gardening the plant. so I put it in a box and start shooting it after I finish my studio products shot for a client. Mantis is always one of my favorite insects, because of the way it pose……. At first it is not so cooperative, tends to fly away a few times, slowly I think it enjoyed his session with me. I spend almost 2 hours to finish the shots after i felt a bit dizzy and sleepy. I hope this shots will impress you all.

I started my macro at my home garden, but I get bored with those insects, now water dam is my favorite hang out place for macro, is close and got a lot of insects to shoot for. Initially wanted to shoot sunrise, but end up with cloudy sky, since already woke up, I just spend my short morning in these shots