LEGO can be a compelling subject for macro photography and provides limitless opportunities to shoot great photographs, as well as allowing us to see the invisible, yet beautiful intricacies of the LEGO ecosystem. So let’s get up close and personal. This is LEGO, under the microscope. Image by Chris Clarke. Close up of Benny the Spaceman Minifigure Macro Photography There are many genres of photography; landscape, portrait, product, street, travel, and wildlife—and despite not being particularly good at any of them, macro photography has got me hooked. It lets you see invisible details just underneath our visual perception, and uncovering these little secrets is both enthralling and addictive…but also utterly revolting, as we shall see at the end. I got lazy and asked ChatGPT to give its definition of macro photography, and this is what it came up with: “Macro photography is the art of capturing highly detailed, close-up images of...

