We have restarted the popular ‘Picture This’ photo contest in the dead of winter to give you a chance to look back at a whole year of photos. Get your files organized. And, oh yeah, by the way it gives me a chance to show off my new eBook and give one away for [...]
Happy New Year friends !! Big doings. Monumental news in the world of garden photography. Picture This is back at Gardening Gone Wild ! Our group blog event / contest, started in 2009 catapulting our first winner, Pam Penick, to national stardom. ;-) The contest is known as a gateway to fame and fortune to [...]
I’m delighted that Charles Mann, photographer extraordinaire is returning to judge this November’s Picture This contest. Charles, who has been a freelance and stock photographer for over 16 years, specializes in imagery of gardens, horticulture, New Mexico culture, and southwestern scenic landscape. He has photographed four books : Cutting Edge Gardening In The Intermountain West, [...]
This months theme is Fill the Frame. We will be looking for photos that use the entire canvas with well constructed compositions. The succulent tapestry above from Jeff Moore’s garden in Solana Beach, CA was carefully composed in the camera’s viewfinder to include blocks of complementary plant material, overlapping triangles with strong lines and shapes [...]
Christa had a tough job this month. There were so many outstanding entries. A BIG THANK YOU goes to Christa for doing a stellar job. We look forward to having her return to Picture This!! Fran Sorin Without further ado, this is what Christa has to say: “The results are in–Judging this competition was hard, [...]