How to Take the Best Summer Garden Photos

• Use macro lenses or extension tubes for great close-up shots. Zoom in close and fill the frame with your favorite subject in the garden – a single blossom or the dew on a leaf.
• Try to use a tripod when taking your pictures. It can help you slow down and remember to fine-tune your compositions.
• Switch off auto focus. Instead, take control and decide what you want the focus of each shot to be.

Take Advantage of the Weather:

• Too much sun isn’t always a good thing. It can wash out natural shade that adds depth to the photo.
• Instead, a bright but overcast day can create the best pictures with a softer light that spreads over the garden without being harsh or unforgiving.
• Feel free to create the weather you need. Use a reflector to direct light into shadow or vice versa. Or spray your flowers to help your photos look like a dew-dropped morning.

Choose the Best Angle:

• Get down to eye level. You wouldn’t take a picture of your son or daughter from above them or far away – instead you’d want to be up close at eye-level. To get the best flower photos, you need to get up close and personal.
• This means spending a lot of time on your knees, so embrace your inner gardener and get a gardener’s mat to help reduce discomfort for your elbows and knees.

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Capture your garden in full bloom this summer and start framing your flowers with GiftWorksPlus today.