Creative Garden Photography: Making Great Photos of Flowers, Gardens, Landscapes, and the Beautiful World Around US

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Make great photos of flowers, gardens, landscapes and the beautiful world around us Gardens are everywhere, all around us. In this long-awaited guide to garden photography, noted botanical photographer and author Harold Davis tackles the subject of garden photography with an expansive brush. In this book, you'll find techniques for photographing extreme macro subjects while becoming a better landscape photographer. From tiny flowers to vast landscapes, your photography can be enhanced using the techniques you will discover in Creative Garden Photography. What is a garden? The topic of garden photography encompasses a huge range of photographic styles and techniques that can be applied to almost any kind of photography. Learn to use this toolset from one of the acknowledged modern masters of photography. -Explore gardens, types of gardens, and how best to photograph them-Create stunning floral macros and high-key imagery-Learn techniques for adding impressionism to your photos-Use light and creative exposures to enhance your imagery-Master close-up focusing, depth-of-field, and focus stacking-Create your own custom field studio "in a bucket"-Complete exposure data and the story behind every photo "My goal as a photography teacher and writer about photography is to inspire and to help you become the best and most creative photographer and image-maker that you can be." --Harold Davis "Harold Davis's etherial floral arrangements have a purity and translucence that borders on the spiritual." --Popular Photo Magazine "Davis is a pioneer and a new art form--part photographer, part digital illusionist." --Rangefinder Magazine "Harold Davis's Creative Photography series is a great way to start a photography library." --PhotoFidelity TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ENTERING THE GARDEN Understanding Gardens Garden Styles and Purposes Different Kinds of Garden Photography Garden Purpose and Design Informs Photography OF LIGHT AND GARDEN Sunrise, Sunset, Blue Hours, Golden Hour ON LOCATION: THE ROMANTIC GARDEN, SCHWETZINGEN AT SUNRISE, GERMANY ON THE IPHONE: SNAPSEED USING A TRIPOD Using a Tripod for More Creative Options Tripods for Garden Photography: Materials, Legs, Types of Heads Tripod Tips and Tricks BLENDING EXPOSURES TO EXTEND RANGE BLACK AND WHITE IN THE GARDEN Photographing the Zen Garden ON LOCATION: IMPERIAL GARDENS OF OLD NARA, JAPAN CONVERTING TO BLACK AND WHITE IMPRESSIONISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY Camera in Motion Subject in Motion with Camera Stationary Creative Exposures In-Camera Multiple Exposures Post-Production ON LOCATION: PHOTOGRAPHING MONET'S GIVERNY, FRANCE ON THE IPHONE: WATERLOGUE FOCUSING ON REPETITION Compositions with Repeating Garden Elements and Patterned Spaces Best Practices in Focus Depth of Field ON LOCATION: THE PARC DE SCEAUX, FRANCE FOCUS STACKING DRAGONFLIES, BEES, AND WASPS Stopping Motion Getting Close Dealing with Those that Sting Auxiliary Lighting: Reflectors, Macro Strobes, LED Lighting WATER DROPS AND SPIDER WEBS Refractions in Close-Up Photography Spider-Web Studio MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY GEAR GARDENS OF THE MIND PRINTING GARDEN PHOTOS NOTES & RESOURCES Off-Beat Garden Photography Tools Places to Practice Garden Photography Recommended iPhone Apps for Garden Photography iPhone Workflow ImageBlender NOTES AND RESOURCES GLOSSARY INDEX Title Dedication Copyright Contents What’s Not to Like about Gardens? Entering the Garden Understanding Gardens André Le Nôtre and the French Garden Garden Styles The Backyard as Garden The Garden as Status The Importance of Garden Design Photographing the Garden at Large Of Light and the Garden Intensity of Light Diffusion Light Direction Checklist: Finding the Right Position Understanding Reflectivity Color and White Balance Exposure and Light Key Takeaways about Exposure Special Times for Lighting Using a Tripod Creative Options with Tripods Anatomy of a Tripod Tripod Legs Tripod Heads Using the Tripod in the Garden Focus and Depth of Field Being in Focus Soft Focus Camera Position Tilt-Shift Lenses Focal Length Types of Lenses Focal Length and Depth of Focus Manual and Autofocus Depth of Field Aperture and Depth of Field Infinity and Hyperfocal Distance The Garden in Black & White Converting to Black & White Extending Dynamic Range Multi-RAW Processing High-Dynamic Range (HDR) Automated HDR Hand-HDR Impressionistic Photography In-Camera Motion Subject Motion Out of Focus Creative Exposures In-Camera Multiple Exposures Gardens of the Mind Taking the Garden Close-Up and Inside The Art of Transparency How Light Box Photography Works What Kind of Light Box Works Best? Arranging Flowers on a Light Box Light Box Photography Post-Production of High-Key HDR Images Inversions in Post-Production Understanding LAB Color Inverting a White Background to Black Brightening Images after Inversion Photography on Black The Flower as Diva Low-Key Photography in the Field and Studio Low-Key HDR Post-Production Macro Photography Macro Photography Gear Macro Lenses Extension Tubes and Bellows Close-Up Filters Focusing Rails Specialty Gear Extreme-Macro Lenses Macro Photography in the Garden Focus Stacking Focus Stacking in Photoshop Photographing Water Drops Approaching Water Drop Photography Reflections and Refractions Spider Web Studio Photographing Little Critters Getting Close Stopping Motion Focusing and Critters Auxiliary Lighting Modifying Light Macro Lighting Tools Notes, Resources & Index Where to Go for More Info Sensor Size Matters About EXIF Data Focal Length Cameras and Lenses List of Figures Locations of Gardens Photographed Botanical Glossary Photographic Glossary