Composing with Color
On a cool gray autumn day I went looking for color in my garden. I did not expect to see a red hole into another universe. [...]
On a cool gray autumn day I went looking for color in my garden. I did not expect to see a red hole into another universe. [...]
These palm fronds from Brahea edulis, known as the Guadalupe Palm or Palma de Guadalupe (much more romantic sounding I think) were found glowing in [...]
Summers are dry here in California. It’s a summer-dry or Mediterranean climate with wet winters and rainless summers. Gardeners learn to adapt and use plants that [...]
oil paint photoshop filter screenshot Section 4 of The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops. Both the digital camera and the computer are tools best [...]
The Gopher Holes - Saxon in Wonderland The Rio Grande Botanic Garden in Albuquerque, New Mexico has a most clever Children's Garden. Short of [...]
The latest post in the Learning Center is about backlight, and culminates with this new print. Lepechinia fragans is a California native plant, Fragrant Pitcher [...]
Garden photographers don’t get much done when the light is strong. We like soft light, very early or late in the day. We delight in [...]
I really have been having fun running garden photography workshops. Each class has become a lesson on one particular theme, and students always surprise me [...]
So, so many reasons to celebrate this manzanita on this rainy day. Mostly the rain itself. We have had so little this winter that every [...]
I am finding great satisfaction exploring these botanic illustrations, that I call PhotoBotanic illustrations. Not only do my eyes see these two dimensional views more [...]