Native plant gardens tend to be hard to photograph. Often the gardeners care more about the plants and habitat than the aesthetics. This is perfectly OK – unless you are trying to photograph them. We need better photographs of native plant gardens to encourage those gardeners who DO care about aesthetics, who want to do[...]
Plantosaurus Rex
– Posted in: Garden Adventures, Garden Photography May 24, 2012Got your attention ? Escaping dinosaur at San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers ? Is this Gardening Gone Wild ?!
Fill the Frame – Tripods
– Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Photography May 8, 2012“Why, when stabilization is built into many cameras and lenses, is a tripod so important ?” asked a student at a recent workshop. I always ask my students to bring tripods to our photography workshops and stabilization is not the main reason. It is true that a good tripod will provide a rock solid, steady[...]
Photographing foliage
– Posted in: Garden Photography, Garden Visits April 24, 2012A garden photograph is not simply a landscape photo taken in a garden. It should communicate something about gardening, something that enlarges the viewer’s understanding and appreciation of gardens. This photo of fresh emerging, nearly chartreuse foliage of Rhododendron hyperythrum is a fine landscape photo, a nice leaf pattern with a sense of vibrant young leaves unfolding,[...]
Spring unfolding – Focus Point
– Posted in: Garden Photography April 8, 2012It’s wildflower season ! Grab you camera (and tripod), some sturdy shoes, sunblock , a bottle of water, and go study what is unfolding in nature. The miracles become all the more fantastic by examining the wonder in the details. A macro lens is essential for studying nature close up. It will allow close focusing[...]