Garden Photography Workshop - Expert Tips and Techniques for Capturing the Essence of Your Garden

Zusatztext “The kind of book that gardeners and garden lovers have been clamoring for. . . . The Garden Photography Workshop is a reference everybody who has a garden and wants to document it better should have.” — Succulents and More “You aren't even going to need another book on garden photography! once you've read this one.” — TestTryResults? “This practical book will help anyone! from the casual iphone using garden snapper to the enthusiastic hobby gardener! learn how to take better garden photos. . . . Give a few pages a quick scan! or pore over the technical notes—regardless! readers are bound to take better pictures of their garden as a result of the easy-to-follow help in this book.” — The English Garden “A beautiful new book. . . . shares tips and tricks for practitioners using a wide variety of photography equipment. . . . Garden portraits shot by Jones offer templates and inspiration for the aspiring garden photographer and eye-candy for garden lovers.” — NYBG Plant Talk “Pick up a copy of this book. . . . and you’ll see an almost instant improvement in almost anything you dare to shoot.” — Garden Design Online “Capture the garden’s seasons like a pro.” — San Diego Home and Garden Lifestyles? “Andrea Jones shares the trade secrets that make her photos sing.” — The Irish Garden “If you post pictures of your plants and garden on social media! this book is a must-read.” — Waitrose Magazine Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Whether you share images through social media, record the artistry of plants, or use photographs to archive your landscape, renowned garden photographer Andrea Jones has a camera bag full of tricks to take your skills and your images to an exciting new level. The Garden Photography Workshop brings fresh insights to basics and shares how to make the most of today’s photography tools—whether your camera is a smart phone or the latest DSLR. You’ll find new ways to optimize light and color and create a sense of place. Then get to know ten remarkable gardens through hands-on lessons in observation, storytelling, composition, and editing.  More than a simple guide, this is a master course on preserving any garden at its magical best.   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...

Product details

• Authors: Jones, Andrea Jones
• Publisher: Timber Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781604696691
• ISBN: 978-1-60469-669-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works