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Careful cropping a photograph yields strong composition

The Desert Garden is one of the signature gardens at The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in Southern California, known as The Huntington. [...]

In photography workshops the first tip is always: you have to be in the right place at the right time. Any camera will do.  You [...]

It is now winter and the Aloe arborescens are blooming. In San Francisco Botanical Garden there are grand plantings of them in both the South [...]

As the sun approaches its lowest arc of the year I start to bend the rules of not taking pictures in bright light. Back light [...]

It has been in the news for months even years, the reservoirs in the west are at historic lows due to drought. I wanted to [...]

Some garden photography tips are timeless, some are a matter of knowing what to see, and others use the magic of the digital age.

“Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.” – Ansel Adams. Whenever I look for photos, I [...]

“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.” Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass. [...]

Says Mary Oliver: “Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. [...]