Good Garden Photography
The first section and first e-book in the PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop.
“Good” photos are not only well composed, they use color and light effectively, reveal beauty, and tell a story
August 18, 2017
There is increasing scientific evidence that healthy soils could sequester all the airborne carbon in the Earth’s atmosphere which is the major cause of global [...]
July 26, 2017
The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers is doing its part to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. The iconic Victorian glasshouse is [...]
July 17, 2017
It seems to happen overnight – the tree bark on Madrones and Manzanitas breaks and peels back. If you are in just the right spot [...]
July 11, 2017
An Orienpet Lily in full bloom is a wonder of nature, and will make a flower photographer out of anyone with a camera of any [...]
July 6, 2017
How much photo retouching is acceptable? This is a question I consider every time I work on my photos on the computer in the post [...]
July 2, 2017
I have just posted a new gallery of photos from San Diego Botanic Garden. Botanic Gardens are the best places for gardeners to learn about [...]
June 29, 2017
I do not know the origin, nor can explain my fascination with grasslands. Perhaps it is some sort of primeval pull of human origin, in [...]
May 15, 2017
Western Hills Garden is a treasure. Begun as a homestead in 1959 by legendary plantsmen, Marshall Olbrich and Lester Hawkins, it became one of the [...]
May 4, 2017
The new garden photography workshops at San Francisco Botanical Garden include a visit with a sectional gardener to help us appreciate what we are seeing. The [...]
May 3, 2017
I suspect that anyone who loves wildflowers heard about the super bloom in California this year. After five years of drought and dry winters, most [...]
