Glowing Needles – Golden Larch
In California we don’t see the Golden Larch tree (Pseudolarix amabilis), a deciduous conifer with beautiful needles native to the moist mountains of China. It [...]
Cropping Horizontal
I have just gone through a lot of photos to choose my favorites for 2015. I was struck by how many I had cropped to [...]
Today’s Tip – A Little Cropping
Sometimes all it takes is a wee bit of cropping to fill the frame and have a full composition. In all my ‘fill the frame’ [...]
How to Win a Photo Contest – Fill the Frame
I can't enter my own photo... but I would enter: Spring Leaves Unfolding, Japanese Maple Tree - Winterthur Garden. Some of you know [...]
Trees Unfolding
Pignut hickory (Carya glabra) native tree in spring leaf flush, Longwood Garden, the Meadow Garden. I stood beneath the Pignut Hickory tree (Carya glabra) [...]
What I Learned from my Workshop
At most of my workshops I give a lecture covering the theme that the students will be working with when we get out into the [...]
Silver on Silver Background
I just loaded a new gallery into my gardens gallery, a beautiful sustainable garden in Albuquerque, New Mexico designed by Judith Philips. As is often [...]
Fill the Frame Workshop
‘Fill the Frame’ is an ongoing workshop theme and fundamental to good composition. Premium members have read the lesson in The PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop, [...]
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 [...]
Finding the Photo
Whenever I travel for a presentation I try to incorporate some local gardens into the show to better connect with the audience. My recent presentation in [...]