Tips on shooting with natural light

Natural light macro / close-up photography tips:

In this post, I will be sharing tips on shooting with natural light. Although all my shots here are macro and/or close-up shots, the same tips apply for non-macro photography as well, i.e. landscape, product, etc.

Note: for flash macro/close up photography, check out this post.

I seldom shoot with natural light with my MPE65. Even at its minimum

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