Handholding Methods for Macro Photography (and Focus Stacking!) @MicaelWidell

Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Products I used in this video: 👇
🔎 My favorite macro lens: bit.ly/mwlaowa90 (I always buy Laowa lenses from their website - best price, good service, and fast, free shipping worldwide)
💥 Flash: amzn.to/3xhpc9E
🔋 Flash batteries: gpbatteries.com/products/recyko-pro-battery-2000-aa-photoflash-4
📷 Sony A7III Camera: amzn.to/2xM776q
✊ I use a Sony Grip extension: amzn.to/2xHKsrR
🎗 This is my camera strap: amzn.to/3tPBJS
⚪️ Diffuser: popeshield.com
🎹 I get my music from Epidemic Sound: bit.ly/mwepidemic

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Handholding Methods for Macro Photography (and Focus Stacking!)

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$Macro Photography with a 120 Year Old Lens 👇📸 MICAELS CAMERA BAG 📸👇 🔎 My favorite macro lens: https://bit.ly/mwlaowa85 (I always buy Laowa lenses from their website - best price, good service, and fast, free shipping worldwide) 🔭 My favorite wildlife lens: https://amzn.to/3DM2meZ 💥 Flash: https://amzn.to/3xhpc9E 🔋 Flash batteries: https://www.gpbatteries.com/products/recyko-pro-battery-2000-aa-photoflash-4 📷 Sony A7 IV Camera: https://amzn.to/3BKQ1Ij 🎗 This is my camera strap: https://amzn.to/3LJA2Ny ⚪️ I use this diffuser: https://www.popeshield.com 🖼 My favorite place to print my photos: https://fracture.sjv.io/mw How I make my videos 📹 I use this small gimbal video camera outdoors to film: https://amzn.to/3oZGLsr 🎹 I get my music from Epidemic Sound: https://bit.ly/mwepidemic More regular content from me in these places 💌 newsletter: https://mwroll.com 🌄 instagram: https://instagram.com/mwroll 🐦 twitter: https://twitter.com/micaelwidell 🎖 patreon: https://patreon.com/micaelwidell 🖼 nfts: https://foundation.app/@micaelwidell / https://opensea.io/collection/resting-raindrops 💬 discord: https://bit.ly/widelldiscord Many of the links above are affiliate links, which means that I earn a small commission if you buy something via the links – at no extra cost to you. I greatly appreciate when people use these links, as it is an important income stream to keep this channel alive. ❤️ Another important group of people that keeps this channel alive is my Patreon supporters. For $5 per month you can support my work on https://patreon.com/micaelwidell and in return you get bonus content such as a monthly exclusive bonus video that only my Patreon supporters get access to. Thank you for watching my videos. 🥰$ $Its crazy how much AI has improved in 2023 🤯 (Stable Diffusion + Controlnet tutorial) To recreate my setup, follow these guides in order on a Mac: 1. Install the homebrew package manager first: https://brew.sh/ 2. Install stable diffusion webui here: https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/wiki/Installation-on-Apple-Silicon 3. Then install controlnet here: https://civitai.com/articles/2323/a-guide-to-creating-images-with-hidden-text-with-controlnet 4. Then download the absolute reality model from here (or any other model that you fancy): https://civitai.com/models/81458?modelVersionId=132760 5. Now you should be able to get going if you installed and configured everything according to the guides and my video! Please note that I made this video in October 2023, and then everything worked great with Stable Diffusion 1.5. Software is brittle, stuff gets updated, guides might get outdated, so you might run into problems if you try to recreate this too far into the future from here. #stablediffusion #controlnet #ai #art MICAELs OLYMPUS MACRO KIT 📷 Camera: OM-1 https://amzn.to/3Mqizvy 🔎 Lens: M.Zuiko 60mm https://amzn.to/3pxVyxT 💥 Flash: Godox v350o ⚪️ Diffuser: Cygnustech https://instagram.com/cygnustech 🔎 Closeup lens: Raynox DCR-250 MICAELs SONY MACRO KIT 🔎 My favorite macro lens: https://bit.ly/mwlaowa85 (I always buy Laowa lenses from their website - best price, good service, and fast, free shipping worldwide) 🔭 My favorite wildlife lens: https://amzn.to/3DM2meZ 💥 Flash: https://amzn.to/3xhpc9E 🔋 Flash batteries: https://www.gpbatteries.com/products/recyko-pro-battery-2000-aa-photoflash-4 📷 Sony A7 IV Camera: https://amzn.to/3BKQ1Ij 🎗 This is my camera strap: https://amzn.to/3LJA2Ny ⚪️ I use this diffuser: https://bit.ly/mwakdiffuser 🖼 My favorite place to print my photos: https://fracture.sjv.io/mw HOW I MAKE MY VIDEOS For my indoor Youtube videos I currently use these tools that I feel give excellent results and a very simple workflow. 📷 Camera: Sony ZV-E1 https://amzn.to/3oBzYsc and XLR-K3M handle https://amzn.to/3ONbTJH 🔭 Lens: Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN Art https://amzn.to/3owvJyh 🎤 Microphone: Sennheiser MKH-416 https://amzn.to/45FbQpu 💡 Light: Godox SL60W https://amzn.to/42gcNBq with a Godox SB-UE 80cm softbox https://amzn.to/3qmrxBu 📷 B-camera: Sony ZV-1 https://amzn.to/3MEO449 💻 Editing: Macbook Air M1 https://amzn.to/3INlAUA with Final Cut Pro 🎶 Music: Epidemic Sound: https://bit.ly/mwepidemic For outdoor filming I prefer a small and simple setup that makes filming myself very easy and fast. 📷 Camera: DJI Pocket 2 https://amzn.to/3oAT5Tp 🦵 Monopod that I use as a tripod: Benro A38FD https://amzn.to/42ibbY1 PLEASE TALK TO ME HERE AS WELL: 💌 newsletter: https://mwroll.com 🌄 instagram: https://instagram.com/mwroll 🐦 twitter: https://twitter.com/micaelwidell 🎖 patreon: https://patreon.com/micaelwidell 💬 discord: https://bit.ly/widelldiscord Many of the links above are affiliate links, which means that I earn a small commission if you buy something via the links – at no extra cost to you. I greatly appreciate when people use these links, as it is an important income stream to keep this channel alive. ❤️ Thank you for watching my videos. 🥰$

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Handholding Methods for Macro Photography (and Focus Stacking!)