An introduction to Photography

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Flower Photography 101

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Point of View
One of the most important things to remember is to change
your point of view. As I am a frequent visitor to public
gardens and other places with flowers, I see how many
amateurs photograph flowers: they come close to it, look
down from above and shoot then they move on to another
subject. Wrong move!

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Sit, meditate and see
Photographing flowers is a good excuse to meditate. Sit down,
try to find a spot away from people (if it’s possible) and relax.
Don’t grab your camera and start shooting immediately. Take
your time to sense the odors, examine the structure, colors and
shapes.

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Find out how close can you get to your flower
Find how close you can go to the flower.
Every lens has a different minimum focusing
distance.
Compact cameras are excellent in this area because
they let you go very close, so close that sometimes
you just get a little bit of the flower. Do it, sometimes
less is more. You don’t need to have the whole flower
in the frame to tell people what you want.

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Control your Depth of Field
When photographing flowers, many of us want
everything in focus. When you get everything in
focus, you often get a messy image.

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Fake the Rain
Buy a small spray bottle that will easily fit in your camera bag,
fill it with water and spray the flowers…. instant rain. You could
get some lovely drops of water on your flower petals with just a
couple of quick sprites.

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Use your Zoom

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Photograph against a Black Background

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Photograph against a White Background

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Control your background as well as your
foreground

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