Garden Compositions

An anchor in an image is vital to provide a reference and to encourage the eye to see depth. Without it some reference to depth an image is a flat, two-dimensional photo that does not capture the eye and stir the emotions. Just as in the best landscape photography, you need an anchor in the foreground to draw the eye and start the user’s path through the image.

An anchor can be as simple as a in-focus blossom or plant; without that anchor, the eye is lost and your viewer moves on. A shovel, a casually dropped pair of gloves, a wrought iron table and chairs also have the benefit of hinting at ‘people’. People are always more relatable, and that makes for more powerful imagery.  You can tap into that human reaction by adding a ‘touch of man’.

So if you are heading out to photograph the landscapes of a garden, take along some garden tools.