Contributors to PhotoBotanic have this special section of password protected content, personal tips from Saxon Holt of how certain photos were created, and quirky observations of gardens.
From my personal Instagram account - my daily walks with my dog Kona. Saxon Holt and dog Kona at Deer Island Preserve January 2017 [...]
3 Roses as Photobotanic Illustrations - 'Belle of Portugal' 'Mme Isaac Pereire'; 'Apple Blossom' Let's go beyond the basics of photographing roses. In the [...]
Is it possible for any gardener not to be thrilled to the bone with spring? It is in the DNA of our marrow to be renewed [...]
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 [...]
Whenever I travel for a presentation I try to incorporate some local gardens into the show to better connect with the audience. My recent presentation in [...]
Almost all gardens, all sizes, are designed with wending in mind. Don’t you just love that Old English word “wending” ? So casual, carefree, and [...]
Should you even try to take pictures when the light is horribly wrong ? Hard, sunny light on flowering cherry at Norfolk Botanic Garden [...]
Come in to my garden this early California spring while I look for photos: Some days you just know the garden wants to be photographed but [...]
It was spring. I knew my Ribes sanguineum was crying out to be photographed. A siren song really. She beckoned and seduced me away [...]
Crocus 'Tricolor' What's the point of a photograph ? I ask this question every time I click the shutter. Why am I taking [...]