How I Nailed These Tricky Macro Shots for a Major CNET Feature Story
Key takeaways
- My CNET colleague Katie Collins was putting together a superb feature around the repairability of wearable devices, in particular the Pixel Watch 4.
- I'm thrilled with the results, and the images look great on the page.
- Watch this: I Replaced the Screen on the Google Pixel Watch 4.
My CNET colleague Katie Collins was putting together a superb feature around the repairability of wearable devices, in particular the Pixel Watch 4. It's well worth a read, but my task was to produce the photos and video to accompany the story. From shooting close-up macro photos with specialist lenses to transforming my home into a studio to shoot the video, there was a lot for me to do.
I'm thrilled with the results, and the images look great on the page. Here's how I put it all together.
Watch this: I Replaced the Screen on the Google Pixel Watch 4. More Wearables Should Be This Repairable 05:08 Macro photography: The camera equipment I usedWhile I love my Leica Q3 43 for out-and-about photography, my main camera for most of my studio product photography and macro work is my Canon R5. It's high-resolution and has accurate autofocus and in-body stabilization, which can be a real boon.