Pink Cosmos. Fuji X100. 23mm. ISO 800. 1/2500 sec at f/5.6. Copyright Joanne Mason 2012.
On this July Fourth holiday (US) here is a lovely pink cosmos. (Click for larger image.)
Every time I go shooting in the gardens, I need to try (increasingly these days) to put a different spin on flower photographs. Or sometimes it’s a different approach in post, but it helps to have an interesting image to start with. It’s all too easy for flower pictures to start looking all the same. Here’s a helpful short article by Tiffany Mueller in LightStalking with Top Five Tips for Photographing Gardens and Flowers.
It’s not uncommon for nature and flower photographers to keep taking the same old picture of different plants and flowers. However, flexing your creative muscles and pulling yourself out of that rut isn’t all that difficult to do. Just remember, flower and garden photography is essentially another form of portraiture; most of the same lighting rules will apply.
The Top Five Tips…
