Lesson 1
Good Garden Photography series
The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops
"We begin Composition 101 with one basic rule: fill the frame. Remember this primary concept every time you take a picture."
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"We begin Composition 101 with one basic rule: fill the frame. Remember this primary concept every time you take a picture."
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Lesson 2
Good Garden Photography series
The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops
"Every technique assumes that you will use the whole frame as we learned in Lesson 1. Now, how do we arrange the elements into a balanced composition?"
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Lesson 3
Good Garden Photography series
The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops
"Learning how to read the quality of light is the single most important skill in good garden photography. Even a good composition will fail if the light is bad."
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Lesson 4
Good Garden Photography series
The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops
"So far, in these lessons on garden photography, we have explored the rudiments of composition and light in making good garden photos. In this lesson, we step back and begin to analyze why we take pictures"
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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."
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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…"
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Lesson 1
Think Like a Camera series
The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops
Framing is the first lesson in THINK LIKE A CAMERA, series 2 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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Lesson 2
Think Like a Camera series
The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops
Every photo should have a focal point, a spot within the frame where your story is told. The rule of thirds helps place those “sweet spots.” Focal Points is the second 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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Lesson 3
Think Like a Camera series
The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops
Leading Lines is the third 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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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.
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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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Lesson 6
Think Like a Camera series
The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops
A camera is a great tool that helps you distill overall impressions into a distinct capture — those details we really see. This lesson will help you learn to find the photo within the photo. Details and Vignettes is the sixth and final 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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Lesson 1
Think Like a Gardener series
The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops
Every garden has a theme, whether accidental or purposeful, well-maintained or messy. The garden fits into its surroundings, and that fit is the design — how it occupies the space it lives in. Design is a big part of the story of any good garden photograph. Design and Space is the first 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. The THINK LIKE A GARDENER series is part three of the 4-part PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop. There are six easy to follow lessons in each series.
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Lesson 2
Think Like a Gardener series
The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops
Hardscape is what physically defines a garden — the bones. For landscape architects, it is the frame upon which the plants are draped; look for it as you consciously compose your picture. Hardscape is the second 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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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.
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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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Lesson 5
Think Like a Gardener series
The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshops
When faced with the overwhelming choices in a beautiful garden, it is almost essential for garden photographers to give themselves a target, an assignment. Finding a Theme is the fifth 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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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.
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Good Garden Photography - Book 1 of the 4 part e-book series: The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop.
Awarded the Gold as Best Book Overall by Garden Writers Association for overall excellence in writing, photography, and design for garden book published in 2014.
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