Books Archives - Photobotanic

Weather, Moods, and Seasons

Lesson 3

Think Like a Gardener series

The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops

To a gardener, it may seem obvious that daffodils suggest spring, roses peak in summer, apples mean autumn, and bare trees represent winter. This may be obvious to you but perhaps not to your viewer. And it may be so obvious to you that you overlook the seasonal potential for garden photography. Weather, Moods, and Seasons is the third lesson in the THINK LIKE A GARDENER series: a collection of exercises designed to extend the photographer's perception of garden design to finding themes and telling stories.

$1.99

Using the Light

Lesson 4

Think Like a Gardener series

The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops

Garden photographers must learn to avoid hot, contrasty light and understand that soft light gives a better dynamic range and rich, realistic color. Using the Light is the fourth lesson in the THINK LIKE A GARDENER series: a collection of exercises designed to extend the photographer's perception of garden design to finding themes and telling stories.

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Think Like A Gardener – Workshop E-Book 3

$9.95

Think Like a Gardener - Book 3 of the 4 part PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop e-books. Individual lessons available as iBooks.

Think Like A Camera – Workshop E-Book #2

$9.95

Think Like A Camera - Book 2 of the 4 part PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop e-books. Individual lessons available as iBooks.

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The American Meadow Garden

$500.00

Now Sold Out and Out of Print. Used copies may be available Amazon. Collector's book - $500, autographed copies by John Greenlee and Saxon Holt. The American Meadow Garden; Published by Timber Press with John Greenlee as my writer. OK, OK most folks think I was John’s photographer, but if you are reading this you KNOW photographers get equal billing. Whoever’s book it is, I think we made a good team. The book won awards from The Garden Writers Association and The American Horticultural Society. It begins with a survey of natural meadows around the United States, showing the magnificent variety of meadows and grass ecologies that form the basis of any garden meadow. The book then profiles garden meadows in regions across the country from Chicago, St Louis, Albuquerque and Los Angeles and includes an encyclopedia of grasses. Read more on the Amazon order page.

Telling Stories

Lesson 6

Good Garden Photography series

The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops

"A good garden photograph is more than a pleasing composition. It should communicate something of the photographer’s appreciation of the garden…"

$1.99

Space and Shape

Lesson 5

Think Like a Camera series

The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops

The camera sees in two dimensions. The shapes and spaces created within the four edges of the frame need to be balanced. Those shapes often include negative space that may result when the three dimensions of real life are reduced down to only two in a photo. Space and Shape is the fifth lesson in THINK LIKE A CAMERA, the second series of the PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop with garden photographer Saxon Holt. The camera is an artistic tool that frames a composition in two dimensions. Learn techniques of lines, shape, and focal points found in all good gardens to fill the frame with strong compositions.

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Provocation and Intrigue

Lesson 5

Good Garden Photography series

The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops

"This lesson in the PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop covers a wide range of ideas to help you create your own style, to provoke and inspire your viewers."

$1.99

Point of View

Lesson 4

Think Like a Camera series

The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops

Where will you set up the camera to take the picture you think you see? The exact point of view—slightly to one side of your subject or perhaps down low—is critical to a good composition. Point of View is the fourth lesson in THINK LIKE A CAMERA, the second series of the PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop with garden photographer Saxon Holt. The camera is an artistic tool that frames a composition in two dimensions. Learn techniques of lines, shape, and focal points found in all good gardens to fill the frame with strong compositions.

$1.99

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Plants and Landscapes for Summer Dry Climates

$34.95

Now Sold Out and Out of Print. A CD of the plant photographs in searchable database can be ordered here. The inspiration for the Summer-Dry book in the PhotoBotanic Learning Center, this beautiful 320-page book features more than 650 native Californian and Mediterranean plants photographed in garden settings. It showcases landscaping in summer-dry climates such as the West Coast of California and other Mediterranean regions of the world. If we are to promote sustainable garden practices in California and other summer-dry climates we need to change the aesthetic of what we expect to see in a garden photograph to give gardeners a new way of considering beauty in gardens.

Photographing Garden Plants

Lesson 6

Think Like a Gardener series

The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops

A photograph of a plant should be as carefully considered as was the plant when it was placed in the garden. The photo should reveal a genuine understanding of the plant in its setting. Photographing Garden Plants is the sixth lesson in the THINK LIKE A GARDENER series: a collection of exercises designed to extend the photographer's perception of garden design to finding themes and telling stories.

$1.99

PhotoBotanic Guide to Photographing Roses Softcover

$29.95

Now available as Softcover Edition

Inspired by The American Rose Society and eight rose books, this comprehensive guide to photographing roses covers techniques mastered over 30 years of shooting the queen flower of the plant kingdom.

This softcover printed book is on our Blurb Store. Please note: this directs you to separate Checkout Cart.

(E-Book pdf download $14.95)

Books

Weather, Moods, and Seasons

Lesson 3

Think Like a Gardener series

$1.99

Using the Light

Lesson 4

Think Like a Gardener series

$1.99

Think Like A Gardener – Workshop E-Book 3

Think Like A Camera – Workshop E-Book #2

The American Meadow Garden

Telling Stories

Lesson 6

Good Garden Photography series

$1.99

Space and Shape

Lesson 5

Think Like a Camera series

$1.99

Provocation and Intrigue

Lesson 5

Good Garden Photography series

$1.99

Point of View

Lesson 4

Think Like a Camera series

$1.99

Plants and Landscapes for Summer Dry Climates

Photographing Garden Plants

Lesson 6

Think Like a Gardener series

$1.99

PhotoBotanic Guide to Photographing Roses Softcover

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