Tips for Gardening Photography for Beginners

Gardening photography isn’t as easy as you may think but in this article we shall share some useful tips which you can use to help you start your garden photography project. If you have a fancy camera that’s a bonus point but the important thing is to exploit your camera to its full potential. As you will see from the forthcoming tips, apart from the equipment, that is, the camera, you will need a creative mind.

Tip 1: Try To Be As Early As Possible

Direct sunlight is not ideal for gardening photography hence it is better to start early in the morning, preferably at sunrise or even at sunset. The best photographs are taken after light rain or morning dew. Therefore try to choose this particular moment to take your pictures. Flowers are the most common subject of garden photography, and if you take photos after rain your photograph will be greatly enhanced by those little rain droplets on the flower's pedals.

Tip 2: How to Create Clouds

If you want clouds, but there aren’t any, this is how you do it. First you have to filter the sunlight using wax paper or a white t-shirt. You need at least twelve to eighteen inches squared to create such a photo. Now ask someone, since it may prove to be slightly difficult to do this on your own, to hold the diffuser right between the flower (or what the subject may be) and sunlight. The diffuser will block out the sunlight and dull the excess light giving an illusion of a cloudy atmosphere. At this point you can take your picture. 

Tip 3: Enhance Light on Your Subject

There may be instances where there isn’t enough light to take a proper picture; in order to increase light you can use sun foil. Use the foil to reflect light over your subject; alternatively you can also use a mirror. The latter is done regarding small subjects, such as a small flower; it doesn’t quite work on bigger subjects.

Tip 4: Using The Zoom Feature Correctly

If you wish to use the zoom function, this is better done with a digital camera. The zoom function is normally used to eliminate distracting background and to bring into focus the main focal object. A distracting background doesn’t necessarily mean that there is someone or something distracting you but it may simply be a busy background which may divert the attention away from the subject of the photo. Try to use the physical zoom, that is, lens zoom not digital zoom, otherwise the photo will be pixilated. Try to use zoom in a rational way.

Tip 5: Change Perspective

In order to achieve the best angle try to get flat on your stomach and take photos from different angles. In this way you can decide which is the best angle from where to shoot the particular subject. This is a great way to discover new possibilities.

These were a few tips to put you on the right track. Try to be as passionate as possible because that is the best way to enhance your garden photographic skills.