The Picture This Photo Contest is one of our most popular features here at Gardening Gone Wild, and we couldn’t be happier. It has met – indeed, exceeded – all of our original goals for it, and we look forward to keeping the experience exciting, challenging, and fun for everyone. To that end, we recently[...]
Wending and Wind
– Posted in: Garden Design, Garden Photography June 23, 2010
Most gardens of any size are designed with wending in mind. Don’t you just love that Old English word “wending” ? So casual, carefree, and contemplative by inference. Even formal entries can invite wending.
Reminder For June’s Picture This Contest
– Posted in: Garden Photography June 19, 2010
A reminder to get your entries in for June’s Picture This Contest. Our judge is Josh McCullough of Phyto Photo. The theme for this month is The Best Frame You Have Ever Created. This is how Josh described what he is looking for in the winning entry: “We are all learning and growing and marking[...]
Bright Light
– Posted in: Garden Photography June 7, 2010
For a recent photo shoot the client asked that I show the garden with bright colors and blue sky. I almost always resist photographing gardens in bright light because the colors get contrasty and the shadows are often deep and impenetrable, but this particular garden was designed for big light, high on a sunny Marin[...]
Picture This Photo Contest for June 2010
– Posted in: Garden Photography June 1, 2010
For this month’s Picture This photo contest, we’re thrilled to have a returning judge whose last stint was a huge hit. Joshua McCullough is the creator of PhytoPhoto, a specialist collection of expertly identified botanical, horticultural and environmental photos; images supplied to a wide variety of print mediums. His work is outstanding: it’s worth your time to check it out.[...]