Summer-Dry
Sustainability is a core value to the garden we feature. In summer-dry gardens, those regions around the world with Mediterranean type climates of dry summers and wet winters, well chosen plants are sustained with little effort. Since we are a California company in a summer-dry region we especially want to encourage gardeners to use these plants and garden photographers to celebrate a distinctive aesthetic.
July 16, 2015
The third book of the PhotoBotanic Garden Photography series is Think Like a Gardener. If you want to be a garden photographer you need to think [...]
July 15, 2015
Unlike most garden photos, macro shots can be shot in the bright light of a sunny day. Indeed, to get good depth of field, bright [...]
July 13, 2015
Grasses can be particularly hard to photograph on drab days. They are difficult at all times because they blend into gardens and have no strong [...]
July 7, 2015
I seem to find gardens everywhere I go, and New York has them tucked all over. I really like the Battery Park area at the [...]
July 2, 2015
In the 14th and 15th centuries weavers in Europe perfected tapestries. Woven to hang on the stone walls of castles, they tell stories in the [...]
June 29, 2015
My excuse to visit the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles has nothing to do with the inside of the recently renovated museum. I wanted to see [...]
June 28, 2015
A streak of sunlight can be a beacon, calling a photographer to action. In an early morning shoot, here at the Natural History Museum of [...]
June 25, 2015
Sometimes the best composition comes from cropping a photo that has too much wasted space. Recently I photographed the pollinator garden at the Los Angeles Museum [...]
June 23, 2015
I love knowing the botanical names of plants. I am sure it is one reason I became a garden photographer. The plants become my friends [...]
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June 20, 2015
I love the morning light in gardens. Gardens are fresh, the air clean, and the light is sweet. It is nearly impossible to work in the hot, [...]
