Rain for a Summer-Dry Garden
Winter rains in summer-dry climates are cause for gardens, and their gardeners, to rejoice. So you gardeners can imagine the joy of our recent rains. [...]
Good Garden Photography – The Book
The first book in the PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop The book received the 2015 Gold Award from the Garden Writer's Association as best [...]
Rosa ‘Apple Blossom’
It took four months to grow this picture; a single second in the garden to "see" it; and 8 hours of computer work to clean [...]
Assignment – Foliage
A garden photo is not simply a landscape photograph taken in a garden. It should communicate something about gardening, something that enlarges the viewer’s understanding [...]
3.6 Photographing Garden Plants
Just as plants are the core of a garden, they are also the core of garden photography. At least that’s the case for those of [...]
3.5 Finding A Theme
When faced with overwhelming choices in a beautiful garden, it is almost essential for garden photographers to give themselves a target, an assignment. Geranium [...]
3.4 Using the Light
Gauzy morning light through palm trees, Worth Garden, California In this lesson, I want you to bring light into your photo. Celebrate light [...]
3.3 Weather, Moods, and Seasons
Gardeners are always aware of the weather. Garden photographers should be too. Look for garden photos that capture the mood of the season. The season—its [...]
3.2 Hardscape
We continue the assignment theme where I ask you to use your own knowledge of gardens and trust your insight to make photos in your [...]
3.1 Design and Space
Finding your own style as a garden photographer begins with your understanding of gardens. Think like the gardener within, then get inside the garden to [...]