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Whenever I photograph garden plants I always try to find mature examples within gardens to illustrate what it will look like when the garden is [...]
"The best camera is the one you have with you" said the photographer Chase Jarvis as mobile phone photography began to be popular. And it's [...]
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. Aloe arborescens candelabra aloe winter flowering succulent in San Francisco Botanical Garden In [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]