For my recent garden photography workshop at the Denver Botanic Garden I used the theme Finding Photos. By “finding photos” I ask students to consider the full frame of the camera to create composition within an overall scene that tells their story. It is all too common for any garden photographer, flush with excitement in [...]
When I was in London last week for an intensive workshop, immediately after I dropped my bags off at the hotel, I rushed out for a walk to get re-acquainted with this city that I love so dearly. There was a time in my life when I flew to England regularly to visit and study [...]
When faced with overwhelming choices in beautiful gardens, it is almost essential for garden photographers to give themselves a target, an assignment. These days, I am stalking geraniums. True, it is great to wander around a wonderful garden, drinking in beauty, grabbing shots, but too often such photos end up as snapshots without a story [...]
When I read that Fran had chosen heuchera as the GGW Plant Pick of the Month, I was pretty psyched. The plants have such a tidy, mounded habit and handsome leaf shape that they immediately come to mind when I’m looking for a hardy foliage plant in the front-of-the-border height range. And well, with such [...]