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.
October 29, 2015
If you love tomatoes, there is nothing quite like home grown. Even the heirloom tomatoes found in the farmer’s markets are too often flavorless. Home [...]
October 26, 2015
We haven’t had as much fog as usual this year. The ocean is warmer and the fog does not form as readily, so when I saw [...]
October 19, 2015
Your job, should you accept it is to find catalog quality roses in this field of 750,000 roses. My client smiled. So began my photo [...]
October 17, 2015
I love the creative energy at an art school. I was recently a guest lecturer at California College of the Arts and walked the campus with students [...]
October 13, 2015
My friend Nora called today wondering why all the jewelry photos she took in the soft early morning light were so blue. She knew my favorite time to [...]
October 10, 2015
Sometimes when I photograph a garden, wanting to show a useful plant in a clever setting, I want it to be an illustration more than a [...]
October 7, 2015
Last week I participated at the Succulent Extravaganza at Succulent Gardens in Castroville, CA and created a show poster for the event. However, I printed more [...]
October 5, 2015
Sometimes all it takes is a wee bit of cropping to fill the frame and have a full composition. In all my ‘fill the frame’ [...]
September 30, 2015
I was downright stunned at the recent Garden Writers Association (GWA) conference when my ebook Good Garden Photography received the Gold Award for Best Overall [...]
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September 28, 2015
I just returned from the Succulent Extravaganza at Succulent Gardens, and as usual was wowed by the variety of colors and textures that succulents provide. Succulents [...]
