122 Setting up a Home Studio
on iStockphoto here: http://www.istockphoto.com/fi le_closeup/
object/3884376_fruit_bowl.php?id=3884376. It probably won’t be a
runaway success, but it is too early to tell! As you can see, it is a
simple shot and, as you know, simple sells.Macro Lenses
If you plan on doing more than the occasional natural light studio
shot, I would recommend that you buy a proper macro, or close-up,
lens. Macro lenses are fi xed focal length lenses optimized for
close-up performance, down to a full 1 : 1 (life size). They double
up as great portrait lenses. I have macro lenses for all my cameras
except the 8 × 10 fi lm camera, and I fi nd that for microstock work
they are among my most used lenses because they are so versatileFIGURE 7.3 The setup. © Douglas Freer