Sometimes we get an amazing shot, and when people ask how it happened, your answer could be, I was just in the right place at the right time.  So how do we get to that place.  Simple, by spending more time out shooting.  The more time we spend out in the field, the better the chances we'll end up in the right place at the right time.

I was shooting this Chicory flower, and as I was viewing the flower though the camera's viewfinder, I see the Hoverfly enter the frame, and I quickly fired off a shot.  He was in perfect position of my point of focus.  Being in the right place at the right time.

January 2nd, sign up for my new online Flower Photography Club. For more info about this new club, click the link below.

FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

Even through there are so many benefits to being a macro/close-up photographer, my favorite one is that all my images are originals.  

All my images shot in nature are of subjects that only lasted for a short time, and I was the only one to photograph it.  

Unlike landscape photographers that line up day after day to shoot the same iconic scenes at the national parks, nobody has photographed the exact subjects that I have.

See the image below, no other photographer has that image, only me.

So, we are lucky that what we shoot and share with people are all originals, that is pretty cool.

January 2nd, sign up for my new online Flower Photography Club. For more info about this new club, click the link below.

FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

December - Macro Photo Club News

December monthly theme - Post close-up images that are holiday related.

Members, post your images in the Mike Moats Macro Photo Club Facebook group.

For those who are lifetime members, when you signed up you were sent a welcome email.  That email has the links to access the instructional videos so make sure to save that email. If you lost the welcome email contact me and I'll send you a new one. macrogeekmike@yahoo.com

January 2nd, sign up for my new online Flower Photography Club. For more info about this new club, click the link below.

FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

Prior to the pandemic I would travel all over the country even to Alaska to teach my two-day Macro Boot Camps.

When I was traveling through the different states, I was very fortunate to get to shoot at the botanical gardens and parks in the different states and got so many great images and saw so many interesting places.

One of the most interesting experiences I had was visiting the Sequoia National Park in California. The Sequia trees were the most amazing thing I have ever seen.  

The size of those trees is so impressive, I couldn't believe how big they are.

Here I am at the base of one of those giants.  

January 2nd, sign up for my new online Flower Photography Club. For more info about this new club, click the link below.

FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer

Check it out the flower workshop with four expert instructors.

CLICK HERE

January 2nd, sign up for my new online Flower Photography Club. For more info about this new club, click the link below.

FLOWER PHOTO CLUB - Mike Moats - Award Winning Macro Photographer