February 18th program has been rescheduled to March 11th

March 11, 2026 at 7:30 at Acadia Junior High School

Keith Putt will present “DeMystifying Macro Photography – Macro Basics in 2 Hours”

Keith Putt is a long time member of Winnipeg South Photo Club and Manitoba Camera Club. He is responsible for Image review at WSPC.

He has been showing film and digital macro photos at WSPC for 20 years and will show us how to do it.

Few WSPC and MCC members are heavily involved in macro. Why is that? Perhaps people are intimidated by stories of expense, camera & software complexity, steep learning curve and so on.  The truth is macro is like any other genre – start somewhere simple and gradually increase your interest, skill, complexity and expenditure. And what is “macro” anyway? 

Unlike a telephoto lens, for which there is no substitute, there are ways to adapt most lenses to macro. The attached photos used ordinary lenses on a plain vanilla digital camera. The adapters cost $10-$50.  You can spend more and add complexity but it isn’t strictly necessary. 

He will describe his macro journey from zero-cost beginning to mega-buck today. He will touch on cameras, lenses, adapters, lighting, light modifiers and other gadgets. He will demonstrate several focus bracketing methods and in-camera focus stacking.

This is not an instructional seminar. It is simply an illustration of what is possible.

Keith  encourages members to bring their macro gear – adapters, lenses, lights, flash, diffusers, rails, light booths – whatever you have. We will lay it out so people have a feeling for what is going on in the WSPC macro department.