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For those wondering what the object I posted yesterday really is. Here’s a better picture of it.

Before there were washing machines, people used washboards to clean their clothes…down by the stream or river.

When the snow melted from this winter, I noticed something standing in the backyard. I had to take a picture of it. Do you have one of these?

I’ll tell you what it is, if you do not recognize it, tomorrow. 🙂

When it comes to garden photography, the most important thing is light! Things look different at various times of the day. Try a little experiment. Take pictures of the same thing…at different times of the day. Compare them.

Try it.

It’s winter time. That’s the best time of year to become a better garden photographer. No, I’m not nuts. (Well…maybe a little.) What I mean is that winter is a good time to learn and develop your photo skills so you’ll be ready when it gets warmer and you’ll be outdoors more.

Here’s the best tool I’ve found.

It’s a fake flower. There’s no limit to what you can do with a fake flower.

Get one…and try it.

Sometimes, you take a photograph and it looks plain…like this one.

So, you look for a way to jazz it up a little. I opened up the Insta Toon app on my iPhone and with a couple of clicks the plain flower pot was turned into a funky flower pot.

Experiment with apps. Like me, you won’t like all of them. However, for a few dollars, I think it’s worth exploring.

It was a bit after seven in the evening and I was in the yard. I noticed this…

Cute, but nothing to write home about.

And then I used the easiest post processing trick. One that can be done within your smartphone or with just about any photography app.

I cropped it.

And now it looks like this…

Simple. Effective. What more could you ask for?

The best way to improve your garden photos is very easy. Here’s an example.

I was standing in the backyard and saw some flowers. They didn’t seem like much. I took this picture.

I walked a little bit closer and took this photo.

Finally, I got serious and moved next to them and took this.

It was worth bending down.

MOVE IN CLOSER!!!!

If I didn’t know that my wife grew it I would have thought it was artificial. The purple color looks even better in person. She later told me that it was a particularly good year for this plant. I agree.

My wife and I were walking out of the garage when my wife said, “Joel, look at this.” She pointed to a reflection on the car. I took out my iPhone and this is what I got.