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 28, 2018
Sunnylands is a conference Center and gardens near Palm Springs, California. It was established by Walter and Leanore Annenberg to “address serious issues facing the [...]
March 21, 2018
No, this is not a gardening tip on how to prune trees, it is about careful cropping of a photograph. I have been photographing these [...]
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March 17, 2018
The California Redbud trees (Cercis occidentalis) are in bloom at UC Davis Arboretum. The Warren G. Roberts Redbud Collection along the Putah Creek path that [...]
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March 15, 2018
I often think of a photo composition as a combination of shapes linked together, like jigsaw puzzle pieces within the rectangle of the camera view [...]
February 26, 2018
Winter is Camellia time at San Francisco Botanical Garden. The garden is renowned for its flowering magnolias this time of year but any visitor looking [...]
February 11, 2018
It is great to hang out with activists. My friend Judy Adler has almost single handedly created a new California initiative, Proposition 72 on the [...]
January 31, 2018
It is the middle of winter, so it must be time for the Magnolias to be flowering in San Francisco Botanical Garden. The winter flowering [...]
January 27, 2018
I have been visiting Leaning Pine Arboretum for years, and it has become one of my favorite gardens. For a California garden photographer, seeking landscape [...]
January 23, 2018
On winter mornings after rain, fog oozes from the earth. The cool air cannot hold all the moisture the ground wants to release, so it [...]
January 16, 2018
I don’t know how many Salvias there are, but I am always finding new ones. I recently went to San Francisco Botanical Garden in search of [...]
