Close up or macro photography displays the tiny and small at unusually large size making for extreme graphic images. You can be mm away from the subject or at arms length, distance is not the criteria but isolating the normal image from its normal surrounding can lead to amazing results.

Peta Wilson (school teacher) used a disposable camera for these wonderful images which illustrates that the art is in the eye of the photographer, not in the expense of the camera. Great images.

If you are not rushed try using a tripod. You can take more time to frame your shot and use slower shutter speeds than normal, even at normal shutter speeds the photograph will have less camera shake and be sharper..honest

Sarah Ryan was born in Canberra in 1975. She graduated with a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Fine Art) from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane in 1995; a Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours) from the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart in 1997 and in 2002 she was awarded a Dean's Commendation for her Outstanding Doctorial Thesis for her PhD from the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania in Hobart. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions since 1996 including Primavera (Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney 2003) and Octopus 3: Still Time (200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne 2003). Her recent solo exhibitions include it's a complex world (Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane 2003 and Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney 2004) and flock (Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney 2005). In 2001 she won the City of Hobart Photo/Digital Media Prize and in 2003 she was awarded an Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant to undertake a residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris. Her work is held in collections including National Gallery of Victoria, Hobart City Council, Griffith Artworks and private collections. Sarah Ryan is represented by Gitte Weise Gallery, Sydney and Berlin.