The devastating Northern California firestorm that swept through Napa and Sonoma Counties in October left a scorched earth.
The Tubb's Fire that destroyed thousands of homes in Santa Rosa, began in Calistoga and on its rapid advance through the hills...
It is a great pleasure to be wandering in a garden looking for pictures, and a privilege when she offers fruit.
These two Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) seemed to be a team, companions on a leaden tree in Western Hills...
Garden Design Magazine featured this photo in a recent online interview:
Photographer Saxon Holt shares his experience capturing the above photo for the Great American Trees article, featured in the Autumn 2017 issue:
How did you prepare for this shoot?
The photo...
How to find a photo within a photo in landscape garden photography
There is something about prairies that makes them particularly hard to photograph.
By definition they are vast and flat. There is the land; there is the sky; and there is a horizon line to separate them. Maybe there are some...
The Denver Botanic Garden gets better every time I visit.
There are new buildings, like the Science Pyramid pictured above, at the end of a marvelous walk and water feature called the El Pomar Waterway.
There are new gardens like the...
A recent garden photography workshop at Denver Botanic Garden became a classic lesson on finding photos. By "finding photos" I ask students to use the full frame of the camera to create composition within a scene that captures their...
One of the delightful challenges for any garden photographer is to find the photo that best illustrates the story in front of you.
That can be a real challenge in a complex garden as the light is changing in a...
When I was first learning about gardening photography I quickly figured out I should never shoot in bright sunlight.
The camera cannot hold details in the bright and dark areas at the same time, so the photographer must decide where,...
I guess this photo tip has nothing to do with photographing plants or gardens, but so many people seemed surprised I was able to capture the full solar eclipse without any special filters. So, I offer today's tip.
And now...