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Garden.True.North is about gardening in Zone 4,
sharing thoughts, ideas and tips for all northern gardeners.
sharing thoughts, ideas and tips for all northern gardeners.
I have been taking pictures of my gardens all season long so I can reference them in the off-season. My camera is an essential garden tool to record successes and failures, to document what needs to be done next year, and to steal ideas from other gardeners. I am not known as photographer. Before digital cameras I was lucky to take a dozen pictures a year, the smallest number on a roll of film. Then it would take months for me to rewind and get the roll developed. In fact, there may still be a roll in my old film camera. Fast forward to today and I take hundreds of pictures each year. Digital cameras and phones have made it so much easier. In my photo organizer I now have over 3,000 garden photos taken over the last decade. It serves as my digital garden notebook.
How do I use garden pictures?
How to take a great picture? The basic photography principles apply to garden pictures. Of course, if all you are doing is recording a plant tag or a date when the red aphids show up on the Heliopsis (False Sunflower) then the goal is to just get a good image. But if the goal is to also have a great picture check out these tips:
So, grab the camera and start recording those spots in your garden that need some attention during the off season.
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David Stenstrom
8/18/2024 01:03:05 pm
Your "Grab the Camera" essay was perfect for what I was thinking about. My partner loves her garden and I was thinking of buying her a camera to take photos during the gardening season as a "journal".
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Liam
1/16/2025 12:24:38 am
Thank you for this excellent article It was very helpful and informative.
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