How to Photograph Roses
The PhotoBotanic Guide to Photographing Roses is finally published ! Coming from thirty years of garden photography and eight rose books, distilled here in 92 pages [...]
Making a Special Rose Photo
I have been photographing roses in this wonderful private garden in Napa for the past six years. Fountain focal point in courtyard flower garden [...]
Sacramento Cemetery Roses
I found an old friend in Sacramento’s Old City Cemetery this spring. I visited the cemetery to help the local Rose Society preserve the historic rose collection found [...]
Using Light for Flower Photography
If you have a chance, plan your photography for early morning when the wind is quiet, flowers are fresh, and the light is sweet. Try to [...]
Redouté Revisité
In the 1990s I was asked by an art director in New York to come up with a style to illustrate roses for a series of [...]
Photographing Rose Bouquets
Photographing Rose Bouquets is excerpted from the forthcoming PhotoBotanic Guide to Photographing Roses. Discounts on the preorder page. Rose bouquet with English roses 'L.D.Braithwaite' [...]
Advanced Techniques for Photographing Roses
3 Roses as Photobotanic Illustrations - 'Belle of Portugal' 'Mme Isaac Pereire'; 'Apple Blossom' Let's go beyond the basics of photographing roses. In the [...]
‘Apple Blossom’ Extraction
Here is sneak peak from the Special Techniques section of the new rose book. Rambling rose Rosa ‘Apple Blossom” flower truss photobotanic silhouette [...]
Two Views of a Bouquet
As I finish the rose book I have decided to add a section of photographing bouquets. The PhotoBotanic Guide to Photographing Roses is aimed at [...]
A simple lighting adjustment
I just finished writing the section about lights in the new Rose book. In hoping that the book will appeal to advanced photographers I included [...]