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.
June 19, 2015
Well this self publishing thing seems off to a good start. Good Garden Photography, the first book in the PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop just received [...]
June 17, 2015
The Humboldt Lilies are blooming at the Regional Parks Botanical Garden, and wouldn’t you know it?, the one day I have a chance to get [...]
June 15, 2015
Members of the Learning Center just received an article about how I created this new print in the Extraction series: Heteromeles arbutifolia – Toyon. This [...]
June 14, 2015
I have added another California native shrub to the extraction series, Toyon – Heteromeles arbutifolia. Extractions are photobotanic illustrations that are inspired by classic botanic illustrations [...]
June 10, 2015
I awoke in the night to the smell of rain. I am sure it was the smell rather than the gentle sound I heard [...]
June 8, 2015
Earlier in the spring I visited Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania at just the peak of the tulip season. There were thousands of visitors, agog like [...]
June 5, 2015
Geranium aficianados will be happy to know that Robin Parer’s book on Geraniums is done and about to be delivered to the publisher, Timber Press. [...]
June 4, 2015
Some of you know I co-blog at Gardening Gone Wild with Fran Sorin and Debra Lee Baldwin. Indeed, that is where the idea for an [...]
June 2, 2015
Many plants for summer-dry climates have silver foliage. Gray leaves are a defense against hot sun and waxy succulents help store water and prevent evapotranspiration. [...]
May 27, 2015
Any gardener who plans for year round interest depends on plants with great foliage. Leaves have remarkable diversity, both in shape and color. A big part [...]
