Now that it’s January and the holidays are coming to a close, I’m ready to start photographing flowers outside again! It will be a few months before anything is blooming here in the DC area, but a photographer can certainly start planning for spring.
If you’re as ready to start planning for spring flower photography as I am, join me in Philadelphia for a week-long flower photography workshop from May 5 – 11.
Not only will we spend time photographing in many of the 30 gardens in the area, we’ll also explore how to create the photographs that let you share the beauty you are seeing.
During the workshop, we’ll visit at least five gardens or parks to photograph flowers. We will head to the places that have the best displays that week. The gardens we may visit include Bertram’s Garden, Chanticleer, Jenkins Arboreatum, Longwood Gardens, Mt. Cuba Center, Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens, and Winterthur Museum and Garden.
I’m limiting the workshop to six participants to make sure you get the individual help you need in the field as we photograph, and so that I can answer your questions during our evening talks.
Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens
The tentative schedule for the workshop is
Sunday May 5: Introductions, Review the Schedule for the Week. Capturing What You See.
Monday May 6: Longwood Gardens. Nuts and Bolts of Flower Photography.
Tuesday May 7: Winterthur Gardens. Quick Edits in Lightroom.
Wednesday May 8: Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens, Bertram’s Gardens. Image Review.
Thursday May 9: Chanticleer Gardens. Working with Textures in Photoshop.
Friday May 10: Mt. Cuba Center. Image Review.
Saturday May 11: Jenkins Arboreatum.
Final decisions about which gardens to visit will depend on schedule, weather and most importantly – what’s blooming where in early May!
The workshop will start after dinner on Sunday May 5 and end before noon on Saturday May 11.
Bleeding Hearts at Longwood Gardens
Each evening, we’ll gather for a talk on various aspects of flower photography and editing your photos.
Sunday: Capturing What You See. We’ll talk about composition, lens choice, depth of field and using a tripod.
Monday: Nuts and Bolts of Flower Photography. We’ll talk about F-stops, shutter speeds, ISO, exposure compensation and histograms.
Tuesday: Quick Edits in Lightroom. We’ll talk about a few quick edits you can make to your photos that will make them “pop”
Wednesday: Image Review. We’ll take a look at some of your images from the workshop to make sure you’re getting what you want in your photos.
Thursday: Working with Textures in Photoshop. We’ll talk about ways you can add another dimension to your photos using textures.
Friday: Image Review. We’ll take a look look at a few more of your photos from the week. And I’ll show you how I might edit some of them.
The registration fee for the workshop is $ 1500.
You can read more information about the workshop and register at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/photographing-the-gardens-of-philadelphia-may-2019/
I’d love to have you join me for a week of photographing flowers in Philadelphia this spring.
Not sure if this workshop if right for you? Drop me a note and we’ll find a time to talk.