A lovely start to 2011 with another two covers, one for BBC Gardeners’ World and another for The English Garden
Tag Archives: Jason Ingram
Wintery Delights
A couple of Winter photographs taken at Abbey House Gardens last year. The feature has just appeared in Gardens Illustrated this month.
Two covers for December
Very pleased to have two cover images for December with Gardens Illustrated and Coast Magazine.
One Day Garden Photography Workshops for 2011
The Royal Photographic Society
One Day Plant and Garden Photography
Date: 11th February 11
Location: Gloucester
Access:
Contact: Reception
Email: reception@rps.org
Phone: 01225325733
Cost: £155.00
Members Rate: £145.00
Type: Education Workshops
One day workshops February Friday 11th (Dene Mill) October 30th (Batsford Arboretum)
A not to be missed opportunity to work alongside two professional photographers Jason Ingram and Paul Debois.
The group will be small – only ten and while shooting this will be split to enable the tutor to work with people on an individual basis. This workshop is aimed at those who love plant and garden photography and/or those who are thinking of entering the profession.
The workshop will take place at Mill Dene(Feb) or Batsford Arboretum(Oct) both wonderful yet very different gardens.
www.milldenegarden.co.uk/
www.gardenvisit.com/garden/batsford_arboretum
Time: 10am – 5pm
10am – 11am
Introduction from tutors, tips and tricks, what’s in the bag and macro photography – invaluable information on what you need from the bare minimum to the hi-tech, whilst being given an insight into the tutors’ professional workflows’.
11am -11.30am
Guided walk around the garden with the tutors to identify different points of interest.
11.30am – 2pm
Shooting time with your guidance from your tutors
A buffet lunch will be available between 1pm – 2pm to allow you to come and go as you please.
2pm – 3pm
Down loading images – The importance of storing your images correctly, how and why. You will also down load and save your images for discussion.
3pm – 5pm
Critique, an informal, friendly discussion on some of your selected images and a chance to ask questions.
WHAT TO BRING
Camera, tripod, a spare memory card and appropriate clothing, spare batteries. Lunch will be provided on the workshops at Mill Dene. Food is available at the Arboretum (October) or please bring a packed lunch
You will need to know the basic functions of your camera
Some Winter images from Jason Ingram
Another near miss at the Garden Media Guild Awards 2010
We had our Garden Media Guild Awards last Wednesday (01/12/10) and I was finalist in all three of the photography categories, Photographer of the Year, Features Photographer of the Year and Book Photographer of the Year.
Photographer of the Year Finalist 2010
Features Photographer of the Year Finalist 2010
Book Photographer of the Year Finalist 2010
Here is a selection of images from my entries
Bourton House
Hanham Court Gardens
Autumn Containers with Bob Purnell
Miscanthus Sinensis Nepalensis
Nerine 'Zeal Grilse'
Alys Fowler
Toby Buckland - Practical Gardening Handbook
Toby Buckland - Practical Gardening Handbook
Toby Buckland - Practical Gardening Handbook
Toby Buckland - Practical Gardening Handbook
Toby Buckland - Practical Gardening Handbook
Toby Buckland - Practical Gardening Handbook
Casamia
The boys at one of Bristol’s finest restaurants, Casamia, have recently been awarded Gordon Ramsay’s best restaurant in the UK. I have had the pleasure of both eating there a couple of times and photographing the team, fantastic place not to be missed.
Jonray and Peter Sanchez Iglesias
Peter Sanchez Iglesias
Jonray Sanchez Iglesias
Gordon Ramsay
Isambard Kingdom Brunel has just left the Studio
RPS Plant and Garden Photography Course
Both myself and Paul Debois took our first course on Sunday 2nd May at The Royal Photographic Society in Bath. It was a great success and we had 10 very eager and talented students ready to be enlightened by the tips and tricks we use in photographing the gardening world. Our next course will be running on Sunday 26th September . Here are a couple of images which were shot in the second part of the day when we have a practical session. A very basic set up with natural light, a bit of fill and some seasonal lilac and a Clematis montana bloom.
It’s a waiting game
So often on my shoots I find myself waiting for the perfect weather conditions. On this particular shoot at Boughton House in Northamptonshire, I had visited twice in order to get the right conditions, a light dusting of frost, good light and still. The commission is for Gardens Illustrated Magazine and my brief is to shoot the recently finished Landscape Garden called Orpheus by Kim Wilkie. We had a cherry picker booked so I could shoot from an extremely high vantage point taking in the entire landscape. I arrived at Boughton House nice and early to see that a good inch of snow had fallen over night covering the garden, this was not what I had ordered! Anyway, I managed to recce the view knowing I would be returning in a weeks time when hopefully the conditions will be in my favour.
Well two weeks later the conditions were perfect and you will be able to see the final set once they have been published in February 2011.
On my last evening at the garden I was told about the west front of the house lighting up like a beacon as the last rays of golden light hit the windows, this I had to see and capture. Here are a couple of pics taken with my iphone as I patiently waited.
George Keen’s Cheddar Cheese
This is an image I shot for Countryfile Magazine of George Keen. The Keen family have been crafting Cheddar Cheese in Somerset since 1899. Very tasty !
