微距摄影是区别于常规摄影的一种特殊的摄影方法，微距摄影是在近距离拍摄有关物体，并可以得到比原实物大的影像，放大倍率是1以上。常见的方式有:

拍摄的目标物例子:

Optical scheme of close-up macrophotography.

Reversed lens macrophotography optical scheme.

Optical scheme of macrophotography using reversed-lens and telephoto lens.

Optical scheme of macrophotography using infinity corrected microscope objective and telephoto lens.

Macro photography (or photomacrography or macrography, and sometimes macrophotography), is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size (though macrophotography technically refers to the art of making very large photographs). By some definitions, a macro photograph is one in which the size of the subject on the negative or image sensor is life size or greater. However, in other uses it refers to a finished photograph of a subject at greater than life size.