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  • How To Photograph Alaska

    January 9, 2023

    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 […]

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  • Aloe Photos

    January 7, 2022

    Tags: how-to, succulents, vignettes

    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 […]

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  • Thuja plicata, Western Red Cedar tree in Tilden Regional Parks Botanic Garden

    De(light)ful Trees

    December 1, 2021

    Tags: how-to, light, today's tip, trees

    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 […]

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  • Dry Reservoirs

    November 2, 2021

    Tags: landscapes, photojournalism, sustainability, tell a story, water

    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 […]

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  • Photo Tips – Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden

    March 31, 2021

    Tags: botanic gardens, tips

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

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  • Aloe wickensii (Geelaalwyn) flowering succculent in Gerhard Bock garden with Agave americana mediopicta alba in front of Yucca rostrata'Saphire Skies' and yellow flowering Aloe 'Moonglow'

    Seeing Shapes

    March 3, 2021

    Tags: framing, shapes, succulents

    “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 […]

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  • Pityrogramma triangularis, Goldback Fern, or Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis fronds unfolding in spring, California native plant in summer-dry garden

    Paying Attention

    February 27, 2021

    Tags: native plants, point of view, spring

    “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. […]

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  • Exploring an Oak

    December 31, 2020

    Tags: framing, trees

    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. […]

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  • December Photos

    December 3, 2020

    Tags: autumn

    December can be the least exciting time in the garden and the most difficult month to find photos for a calendar.  It is particularly hard […]

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  • Autumn in Western Gardens

    November 2, 2020

    Tags: autumn, color, go find beauty, grasses

    Traditionally autumn is illustrated with New England foliage but every gardener in every region knows a different aesthetic. In the West, with so many different […]

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