How I Nailed These Tricky Macro Shots for a Major CNET Feature Story

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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.

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Macro photography: The camera equipment I used

While 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...

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