Composition with Sculpture
Our workshop last Saturday at Quarryhill Botanical Garden was Composition and Balance. The garden is having a contest to feature the current sculpture installation by [...]
Frost in the Garden
For those of you in real winter climates, please humor this Californian who went photo crazy in the garden the other morning when it got [...]
Composing with Color
On a cool gray autumn day I went looking for color in my garden. I did not expect to see a red hole into another universe. [...]
The Photo Workshop
I really have been having fun running garden photography workshops. Each class has become a lesson on one particular theme, and students always surprise me [...]
2.5 Space and Shape
Most of us see in three dimensions, but a camera sees in only two. In this lesson, as we learn more about seeing the garden [...]
2.3 – Leading Lines
When trying to find a good photographic composition in a garden, a key concept is to look for leading lines. These are lines, either straight [...]
2.2 Focal Points
The focal point of a picture is where you want to draw your viewer’s attention; it is the subject, the story of the photograph. It [...]
2.1- Framing A Composition
Juxtaposition and forced perspective: a bed of tulips framed by a garden balustrade Throughout Section Two, we will deal with the tools [...]
1.2 Composition: Balance in the Frame
In our last lesson, we learned to fill the frame of a composition with only those elements that contribute to the story—the most important lesson [...]
1.1 – Composition 101: Fill the Frame
We begin Composition 101 with one basic rule: fill the frame. Remember this primary concept every time you take a picture. Each lesson in this [...]