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Workshop Tips – Finding Photos

by October 13, 2017 – Posted in: Garden Photography, Garden Visits
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum 'Lady in Black' Calico Aster (aka Aster lateriflorus Michaelmas Daisy) flowering in autumn mixed border at Denver Botanic Garden

For my recent garden photography workshop at the Denver Botanic Garden I used the theme Finding Photos.  By “finding photos” I ask students to consider the full frame of the camera to create composition within an overall scene that tells their story. It is all too common for any garden photographer, flush with excitement in [...]

Cover Photo

by October 9, 2010 – Posted in: Garden Photography
Stonecrop, Sedum spectabile 'Neon'

When the current issue of The American Gardener from the American Horticultural Society arrived I immediately read about my friend Neil Diboll of Prairie Nursery fame and saw the You Tube interview.  And then a nice story by Duncan Brine about naturalistic gardening.  With apologies to fellow GG Wild blogger Debra Lee Baldwin, I did [...]