The Desert Garden
The Desert Garden is one of the signature gardens at The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in Southern California, known as The Huntington. [...]
Aloe Photos
It is now winter and the Aloe arborescens are blooming. Aloe arborescens candelabra aloe winter flowering succulent in San Francisco Botanical Garden In [...]
Seeing Shapes
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." - Ansel Adams. Whenever I look for photos, I [...]
Ruth Bancroft’s Legacy
Early morning in Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California When I first met Ruth Bancroft in 1992, she was already 86. Ruth Bancroft [...]
Seeing Shapes in Succulents
Succulents are one of the most photogenic of plants groups. The leaves are bold and graphic, arranged in geometric patterns, creating strong shapes. Gardens with [...]
Dawn’s Early Light
Light is certainly critical in all photography. For garden photography the magic hours tend to be the two first hours and the two last hours [...]
Today’s Tip – Succulent Story
I just returned from the Succulent Extravaganza at Succulent Gardens, and as usual was wowed by the variety of colors and textures that succulents provide. Succulents [...]
Today’s Tip – Photographing Succulents
Succulents are some of the most graphic plants, they should be easy to photograph. That’s what I thought when I worked on the Hardy Succulents [...]
Succulent Infatuation
Hardy succulent Sempervivum ‘Sir William Lawrence” Succulents on the brain. I have just signed-up to join other succulent crazies at the annual Succulent Extravaganza at [...]
Making Hard Light Work
There was a time when I would never shoot in harsh, hard light. Bright, strong, contrasty light tends to have deep, black shadows and no [...]