Branch Patterns
For photographers working with fall foliage, the underlying structure of tree trunks and branches can provide subtle ways to hold photographs together. […]
Two Quince in a Tree
It is a great pleasure to be wandering in a garden looking for pictures, and a privilege when she offers fruit. These two Chinese quince [...]
Pond Views – Western Hills
How to find a photo within a photo in landscape garden photography
Panoramas on the Prairie
There is something about prairies that makes them particularly hard to photograph. By definition they are vast and flat. There is the land; there is [...]
Grasses and Asters
One of the delightful challenges for any garden photographer is to find the photo that best illustrates the story in front of you. Aspen [...]
Sunshine or Shade
When I was first learning about gardening photography I quickly figured out I should never shoot in bright sunlight. The camera cannot hold details in [...]
How to Photograph an Eclipse
I guess this photo tip has nothing to do with photographing plants or gardens, but so many people seemed surprised I was able to capture [...]
Photographing a Lily
An Orienpet Lily in full bloom is a wonder of nature, and will make a flower photographer out of anyone with a camera of any [...]
Retouching a Photo
How much photo retouching is acceptable? Phormium ‘Maori Chief’ with Wisteria and Leucospermum – interpretation This is a question I consider every time [...]
Carrizo Plain Panoramas
I suspect that anyone who loves wildflowers heard about the super bloom in California this year. After five years of drought and dry winters, most [...]