Camera and Computer
Both the digital camera and the computer are tools best learned with practice and experience. The more we know about our tools the easier they are to use and do our work. In this section we will cover classic camera functions as well as digital controls and settings. There are lessons on post production – the work done in the computer “post” or after shooting, as well as special effects and sharing.
March 17, 2016
“Photos don’t just happen. You have to go out and make them, and be ready for the unexpected.” So began my post just last week [...]
March 17, 2016
Here in California, we hear rumblings about gardens wasting water. In an era of limited resources, can we afford to have water for gardens ? [...]
March 17, 2016
“If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.” Jay Maisel. Photos don’t [...]
February 15, 2016
Photographing trees is always a challenge. Trying to find a point of view to see the whole tree and separating it from its surroundings to [...]
February 10, 2016
I am changing the membership system at PhotoBotanic and will soon remove the member login. All content will be free. Most of the content was already free but the [...]
February 9, 2016
Event: – The Photo Florilegium: New Ways to Photograph Plants On March 19th and 20th at the Marin Art & Garden Center I will be [...]
February 8, 2016
Taken from the Latin “flos”, (flower) and “legere” (to gather) a Florilegium is a literally a gathering of flowers, though the botanic illustrations in Florilegia (plural [...]
February 4, 2016
In the 1990s I was asked by an art director in New York to come up with a style to illustrate roses for a series of [...]
January 30, 2016
Photographing Rose Bouquets is excerpted from the forthcoming PhotoBotanic Guide to Photographing Roses. Discounts on the preorder page. I do love photographing roses in the [...]
January 29, 2016
One of the basic techniques that I use in my workshops when teaching composition is about Space and Shape, chapter 5 of Think Like A [...]
