When you set out to photograph a garden, don’t miss the details and vignettes. Often the essence of what you see can be distilled down to distinct details, details that tell the story of what you feel. This is the last lesson in “Seeing the Garden”, chapter two of the PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop. Throughout [...]
I’m a seed-aholic. No matter how hard I try to control myself, each winter I can’t resist experimenting with new introductions. Oh yes, and I must have another variety of amaranths, nicotianas…or whatever. I convince myself that it’s inexpensive ~ after all, another $2.75 spent on what will surely be dozens of beautiful flowers …and [...]
When trying to find a photo in a garden, a key concept is to look for leading lines. These are lines you, the photographer, find in a garden that can lead the viewer’s eye into the photo. These lines can frame your composition and lead to focal points as well, but fundamentally they must start [...]
This will be my shortest Gardening Gone Wild post yet. Not because I have nothing to say, nor because my words are so poetically haiku. Not because it is the holiday and few are reading gardening blogs, nor because I am trying to stay away from religious sentiment. I am on a cruise ship in [...]
We finish the chapter on ‘Good Garden Photography’ with part six – telling stories. I will have a whole chapter, ‘Think Like a Gardener’ that is about finding the themes that can be found in all good gardens, but for now and as you review your year’s images, think about what you are saying with [...]