We’re trying something new here at Gardening Gone Wild – a photo contest that will be a bit of a collective group visualization. For this contest, I will pick a subject and ask you, our fellow bloggers, to picture your own interpretation of the subject and send me a photograph. I will gather and post all of the photos in a[...]
Come in to my garden while I look for photos: Some days you just know the garden needs to be photographed but can’t quite find the photo or don’t know quite where to start. The first and most important lesson to taking a good photo is ….. grab the camera and go to it. You[...]
What is the point of a photograph ? I ask this question every time I click the shutter. Why am I taking this picture and what am I trying to say ? This is one of the fundamental keys to taking a good garden photograph. The reason to take the picture may be a simple[...]
I have been unexpectedly ambivalent about telling California gardeners about the Hardy Succulents book I co-authored with Gwen Kelaidis (Storey 2008). The reason I have been cautious about promoting the book in my home state is because for most people a hardy succulent is a small plant such as this Houseleek, Sempervivum ‘Faramir’ on[...]
A recent post on photographer David Perry’s fine site A Photogapher’s Garden Blog challenges his readers to spend 15 minutes and take a garden photo from a window in their house. Hmmm, I can waste 15 minutes . . . grabbed my camera and opened the door of my studio. Here is what I sent[...]