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The Garden Photography Workshop
Expert Tips and Techniques for Capturing the Essence of Your Garden
Andrea Jones(0)
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Learn to take better garden photos!
One of the most rewarding aspects of gardening is sharing its beauty, both physically with those who visit and virtually with those who only see it on a screen. But capturing a garden's true essence is difficult, and often the moments worth sharing are ephemeral. In The Garden Photography Workshop, internationally known garden photographer Andrea Jones shares the trade secrets that make her photos sing. You'll learn the basic photography skills and tips on using a range of camera equipment. Profiles of real gardens from around the world exemplify the most common problems a photographer can face, like harsh light, wet weather, and cramped spaces, along with advice and techniques for addressing specific concerns. We live in a photo-driven world, and this helpful guide is a complete tutorial for anyone who wants that world to be filled with beautiful images of gardens and plants.
The Garden Photography Workshop teaches basic photography skills and shares tips on using a range of camera equipment, covering everything from DSLRs to smartphones.
Andrea Jones specializes in photographs of landscape architecture, gardens, and plants. Her work regularly appears in House & Garden, Country Living, Gardens Illustrated, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, Sunset, Organic Gardening, Fine Gardening, and GardenDesign. She runs a stock photo library called Garden Exposures. Jones is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and exhibits her work around the world. She has been recognized with multiple awards from the UK's Garden Media Guild. Introduction: Why Photograph Your Garden?
Gardens are ephemeral. Yet they linger long in our imaginations and they bind us with invisible tendrils, occupying our thoughts and developing ideas in our heads when we are elsewhere or engaged in other pursuits.
I have spent at least a couple of decades attempting to capture the essence of gardens, to "fix" their magical moments and uncover their secrets. I have discovered that it is through the lens that a garden truly reveals itself to me, and through my images I can often surprise the gardener who has designed, created, and tended it.
Every garden has a unique beauty. In the course of my work I have photographed a huge range, from magnificent royal palaces to small domestic yards, finding something original in all of them. No matter how grand or modest, each of these gardens is the endeavour of someone with a unique vision who has been willing to expend energy and passion in order to see that vision flourish.
For those of us who love to plan and plant, coax the wayward growth of climbers, and clear the weeds that would smother small treasures, capturing in pictures the unfolding seasons or the tiny details of buds and bark is almost irresistible. Now that digital cameras are so inexpensive, smart phones always at hand, and tablets so user-friendly, it has never been easier to catch that instant when the first snowdrop emerges or when you draw back the curtains on an autumn morning to discover that, overnight, the leaves of your maple tree have fallen in a perfect, scarlet circle.
Beyond these simple pleasures. the reasons that gardeners choose to photograph their gardens are myriad. Printed garden photographs transform into cards, calendars, or photo books-the perfect gift or keepsake for reflection and observation-and it's now easier than ever to create a visual diary on social media with one tap of a smart phone button. More practically, photographing your garden can help you remember which planting combinations worked and which ones didn't, when you planted or harvested from one year to the next, or how a garden construction project progressed. Capturing images to promote personal businesses or to entice visitors for fundraising opportunities are just a few more reasons why we may find ourselves wandering around the garden, camera in hand.
In talking to gardeners a
One of the most rewarding aspects of gardening is sharing its beauty, both physically with those who visit and virtually with those who only see it on a screen. But capturing a garden's true essence is difficult, and often the moments worth sharing are ephemeral. In The Garden Photography Workshop, internationally known garden photographer Andrea Jones shares the trade secrets that make her photos sing. You'll learn the basic photography skills and tips on using a range of camera equipment. Profiles of real gardens from around the world exemplify the most common problems a photographer can face, like harsh light, wet weather, and cramped spaces, along with advice and techniques for addressing specific concerns. We live in a photo-driven world, and this helpful guide is a complete tutorial for anyone who wants that world to be filled with beautiful images of gardens and plants.
The Garden Photography Workshop teaches basic photography skills and shares tips on using a range of camera equipment, covering everything from DSLRs to smartphones.
Andrea Jones specializes in photographs of landscape architecture, gardens, and plants. Her work regularly appears in House & Garden, Country Living, Gardens Illustrated, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, Sunset, Organic Gardening, Fine Gardening, and GardenDesign. She runs a stock photo library called Garden Exposures. Jones is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and exhibits her work around the world. She has been recognized with multiple awards from the UK's Garden Media Guild. Introduction: Why Photograph Your Garden?
Gardens are ephemeral. Yet they linger long in our imaginations and they bind us with invisible tendrils, occupying our thoughts and developing ideas in our heads when we are elsewhere or engaged in other pursuits.
I have spent at least a couple of decades attempting to capture the essence of gardens, to "fix" their magical moments and uncover their secrets. I have discovered that it is through the lens that a garden truly reveals itself to me, and through my images I can often surprise the gardener who has designed, created, and tended it.
Every garden has a unique beauty. In the course of my work I have photographed a huge range, from magnificent royal palaces to small domestic yards, finding something original in all of them. No matter how grand or modest, each of these gardens is the endeavour of someone with a unique vision who has been willing to expend energy and passion in order to see that vision flourish.
For those of us who love to plan and plant, coax the wayward growth of climbers, and clear the weeds that would smother small treasures, capturing in pictures the unfolding seasons or the tiny details of buds and bark is almost irresistible. Now that digital cameras are so inexpensive, smart phones always at hand, and tablets so user-friendly, it has never been easier to catch that instant when the first snowdrop emerges or when you draw back the curtains on an autumn morning to discover that, overnight, the leaves of your maple tree have fallen in a perfect, scarlet circle.
Beyond these simple pleasures. the reasons that gardeners choose to photograph their gardens are myriad. Printed garden photographs transform into cards, calendars, or photo books-the perfect gift or keepsake for reflection and observation-and it's now easier than ever to create a visual diary on social media with one tap of a smart phone button. More practically, photographing your garden can help you remember which planting combinations worked and which ones didn't, when you planted or harvested from one year to the next, or how a garden construction project progressed. Capturing images to promote personal businesses or to entice visitors for fundraising opportunities are just a few more reasons why we may find ourselves wandering around the garden, camera in hand.
In talking to gardeners a