1.0 Intro – Good Garden Photography
Winner of the Garden Writer’s Association 2015 Gold Award as the Best Overall Book published in 2014 ! ********************* Hunting for photos is one of the great joys of garden photography, involving...
View Article1.1 – Composition 101: Fill the Frame
We begin Composition 101 with one basic rule: fill the frame. Remember this primary concept every time you take a picture. Each lesson in this book presumes that you are consciously composing with...
View Article1.2 Composition: Balance in the Frame
In our last lesson, we learned to fill the frame of a composition with only those elements that contribute to the story—the most important lesson to remember in creating a good garden photo. A painter...
View Article1.3 – Finding the Light
Learning how to read the quality of light is the single most important skill in good garden photography. Even a good composition will fail if the light is bad. Photographers talk about “The Light” in...
View Article1.4 – Garden Appreciation
A good garden photograph begins with…a good garden. So far, in these lessons on garden photography, we have explored the rudiments of composition and light in making good garden photos. In this lesson,...
View Article1.5 – Provocation and Intrigue
This chapter in the PhotoBotanic Garden Photography Workshop covers a wide range of ideas to help you create your own style, to provoke and inspire your viewers; it includes suggestions for image...
View Article1.6 – Photos Tell a Story
A good garden photograph is more than a pleasing composition. It should communicate something of the photographer’s appreciation of the garden—some insight or provocation. The photo should suggest an...
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