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 [...]
Shadows at Cornerstone
I had a play day today at Cornerstone Gardens in Sonoma. Sunset Demonstration garden - Cornerstone Gardens, Sonoma But the light was bright [...]
How to Take A Good Photo
“If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.” – Jay Maisel [...]
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 [...]
Sprinkler Light
I came across an explosion of light during an early-morning photo shoot at San Francisco Botanical Garden. I love arriving at a garden before dawn [...]
Exposure Correction
When a camera measures light it automatically averages the bright areas with the shadow areas. It is the photographers job to decide if an image needs to [...]
Fixing Light Leaks
Whenever I photograph wooden fences I watch for light leaks. The eye is always drawn to bright areas and the smallest slit in a fence [...]
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 [...]
Avoiding Blue Light
I recently wrote a post (in Light in the Garden) extolling the virtues of shooting at dawn, Dawn's Early Light. Before dawn the light is [...]
Aloe Fireworks
Looking up into the sky, Yucca aloifolia, the Aloe Yucca, looks to me like fireworks exploding. Also know as Spanish Dagger, or Spanish Bayonet these particular specimens [...]