2.2 Focal Points
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View ArticleThe 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 with what they find. You too can learn – by...
View ArticleComposing with Color
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View ArticleFrost in the Garden
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View ArticleComposition with Sculpture
Our workshop last Saturday at Quarryhill Botanical Garden was Composition and Balance. The garden is having a contest to feature the current sculpture installation by Bruce Johnson, so naturally, I...
View ArticleToday’s Tip – Thinking About Thirds
The Rule of Thirds almost always comes up in composition workshops. It is a "rule" that a pleasant balance comes when organizing a composition into two unequal shapes (1/3 and 2/3), creating some...
View ArticleVisualizing a Composition
One of the basic techniques that I use in my workshops when teaching composition is about Space and Shape, chapter 5 of Think Like A Camera When considering how to frame a photograph, when studying...
View ArticlePhotographing Rose Bouquets
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View ArticleTripod Point of View
I always use a tripod for my professional work. Not only does a good tripod allow a rock steady camera for sharp photos and good depth of field, it forces me to think carefully about composition. The...
View Article2.3 – Leading Lines
When trying to find a good photographic composition in a garden, a key concept is to look for leading lines. These are lines, either straight or curved, that you, the photographer, find that will lead...
View Article2.5 Space and Shape
Most of us see in three dimensions, but a camera sees in only two. In this lesson, as we learn more about seeing the garden by thinking like a camera, we need to understand at the outset that the...
View ArticleThe 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 with what they find. You too can learn – by...
View ArticleComposing with Color
On a cool gray autumn day I went looking for color in my garden. I did not expect to see a red hole into another universe. In fact, I didn’t even realize it was there until I contemplated my original...
View ArticleFrost in the Garden
For those of you in real winter climates, please humor this Californian who went photo crazy in the garden the other morning when it got all the way down to 24. Some of you only wish it might get up...
View ArticleComposition with Sculpture
Our workshop last Saturday at Quarryhill Botanical Garden was Composition and Balance. The garden is having a contest to feature the current sculpture installation by Bruce Johnson, so naturally, I...
View ArticleToday’s Tip – Thinking About Thirds
The Rule of Thirds almost always comes up in composition workshops. It is a “rule” that a pleasant balance comes when organizing a composition into two unequal shapes (1/3 and 2/3), creating some...
View ArticleVisualizing a Composition
One of the basic techniques that I use in my workshops when teaching composition is about Space and Shape, chapter 5 of Think Like A Camera When considering how to frame a photograph, when studying...
View ArticlePhotographing Rose Bouquets
Photographing Rose Bouquets is excerpted from the forthcoming PhotoBotanic Guide to Photographing Roses. Discounts on the preorder page. I do love photographing roses in the garden. As a gardener I...
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