Our friends at High Country Gardens are running a Spring Photo Contest. Deadline May 31. Gardening Gone Wild readers know about contests from our own ‘Picture This’ photo contests and should be well prepared to enter – and win.
High Country Garden David Salman’s own New Mexico picturesque rock garden
I gave HCG a blog post and free photo tips, Six Tips for Good Garden Photography in exchange for mentioning my e-book Good Garden Photography, but readers here have read the entire book over the years and can probably enter the contest without reading the Six Tips post.
But just in case you want a garden photography refresher, here are two of the tips:
- Composition 101: Fill the Frame.
Begin by thinking of your camera viewfinder as a frame, wherein you compose your picture. The core objective of any good photo is to fill the entire frame with purpose. Do not waste space with elements that don’t contribute to your story. Use the camera viewfinder (or your crop tool later) and fill the frame.
3. Finding the Light.
Soft light helps create the flow of Mexican feather grass through Phormium.
Understanding light is key to getting good photos. Light fundamentally affects color renditions in garden photography. Stay away from hot, contrasty midday light – a camera can not see the full range of highlights to shadow that the eye can see.
The rest of the tips are on their site along with contest rules and entry forms. There are lots of categories with $100 gift certificates prizes: and a Grand prize, a $250 High Country Gardens gift certificate.
- Flower Close-Up
- Flower Grouping
- Amazing Yard/Garden Landscape (We love Before/After Stories)
- People Enjoying Gardens
- Critters in the Garden (birds, cats, dogs, etc.)
- Insects in the Garden (bees, butterflies, ladybugs, etc.)
- Winter/Fall Interest in the Garden
- Indoor Bloomers (Amaryllis, Paperwhites, etc.)
- Spring-Blooming Bulbs
- Patio/Container Gardens
- High Country Gardens’ Pre-Planned Garden (Let us know which garden you’re featuring.)
Now, c’mon Gardening Gone Wild – go enter. Good Luck !
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