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When you set out to photograph a garden, don’t miss the details and vignettes. The essence of what you see can often be distilled down [...]
Most of us see in three dimensions, but a camera sees in only two. In this lesson, as we learn more about seeing the garden [...]
Meadow garden as seen from behind two trees—a point of view: Meadow as a clearing in the woods. Want to take better garden [...]
When trying to find a good photographic composition in a garden, a key concept is to look for leading lines. These are lines, either straight [...]
The focal point of a picture is where you want to draw your viewer’s attention; it is the subject, the story of the photograph. It [...]
Juxtaposition and forced perspective: a bed of tulips framed by a garden balustrade Throughout Section Two, we will deal with the tools [...]
The first lesson in all my garden photography workshops is to "think like a camera." Your camera is a tool, which can only take a [...]
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 [...]