1. Ensure your subject is pristine
2. Negative space
3. Focus on the eyes
4. Capture behaviour
5. Keep your camera parallel
6. Pre-focus your lens
7. Check for background clutter
8. Switch to manual focusing
9. Makeshift windbreak
10. Approach carefully
11. Learn to 'see'
12. Shoot from below
13. Selective focusing
14. Add water droplets
15. Minimum focusing distance
16. Maximum aperture
17. Shoot from above
18. Look for repetition
19. Create a silhouette
20. Get close: then move closer still
21. Place lines diagonally
22. Kiss (keep it simple stupid)
23. Backlighting is best
24. Attach a lens hood
25. Control depth of field
26. Prevent specular 'hotspots'
27. Mind your shadow
28. Don't be afraid of flash
29. Convert your flash into a ringflash
30. Diffuse the light
31. Make a reflector
32. Use a lightbox
33. Shoot whatever the weather
34. You don't need a macro lens
35. Extend your lens
36. Keep it steady
37. Use a remote device
38. Maximise sharpness
39. Plamp it
40. Use a right-angle finder
41. Carry a soft brush
42. Use image stabilization
43. Attach a polariser
44. Crop your image
45. Tidy up your shot
46. Try focus stacking
47. Blur distracting background detail
48. Convert your close-ups into mono
49. Use liveview
50. Being patience
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