Garden Photography Course

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Looking to improve your garden and plant photography? Mark is pleased to announce he will be running his first one day creative garden photography course at the wonderful Waterperry Gardens on 17th May 2017. This course is now full but we will be holding further dates in 2017. Please ‘like’ our Facebook page to see the new dates when they are released!
Mark’s course is for anyone with a basic knowledge of photography looking to create beautiful garden vistas and plant portraits.
Mark has worked as a professional photographer since 1999 and has a wealth of knowledge to      help you improve your photographic skills. Mark is a member of the Professional Garden Photographers Association and has won a number of monthly awards for his images including first place with an image of the Rose Garden at Waterperry Gardens! Mark has photographed the gardens at Waterperry for the last 4 years and many of his images are used by Waterperry to promote the gardens.
Mark’s relaxed and friendly approach starts off in the classroom with examples of his work and how he achieved the results, help in you getting familiar with your camera settings and the afternoon will be spent in the garden taking photographs. Complimentary tea and coffee will also be included.
Students are required to bring the following;
A digital camera of some description that you will be happy to use.
Preferably a 35mm SLR style digital camera with a wide-angle lens to moderate telephoto lens. A macro lens or macro function is desirable if possible.
Bridge Camera with wide/telephoto/macro features
Compact Camera with wide/telephoto/macro features
Camera Phone – not ideal but better than nothing!
In order to see the result on the day a digital camera is recommended with either an SD card or CF card. (Please ensure your card is downloaded and re-formatted and ready to use before coming long to the course)
A fully charged battery and spare (fully charged battery)
A tripod and cable release if owned.
Outdoor footwear, clothing and waterproofs to wear if raining plus large umbrella!
Something suitable to lie on for low angle shots if ground is damp/wet
A notebook and pen
A suitable packed lunch or lunch is available to purchase at the Waterperry Tearoom.

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Head Gardener & her Apprentice, Waterperry Gardens

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Recently I visited my favourite gardens on a beautiful sunny morning to photograph the lovely Pat & her apprentice Ailsa. Ailsa has been working under Pat’s tutelage in the gardens & on the famous & very beautiful herbaceous border at Waterperry Gardens. Ailsa was moving on to the celebrated gardens at Kew for her 3 year diploma & I thought it would be nice to capture some images of the Head Gardener & her apprentice for posterity. Here are a few of my favourite images.

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Garden Photography Shoot with James Wong

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Recently I was engaged to photograph the well-known gardener James Wong for his role as an ambassador for the garden tool company Fiskars. It was a beautiful late August morning as my assistant; Kiti & I made our way to a private garden in Buckinghamshire. We arrived & checked our locations for the days shoot; it was a lovely garden which offered us some great variety for the shots of James.

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James arrived & we spent the day on several different set ups to show the function & form of the individual tools. James is passionate about botany & horticulture so is a perfect choice for the face of Fiskars. He was fantastic & was a complete pro, very patient & always with a smile on his face.

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It was a beautiful day for garden photography, the day before had been grey with low cloud so it was a relief to wake up to a sunny morning. The clients were looking for sunny summer images so I also had a lighting set up & flash to achieve the summer glow. The images are to be used on their website & on large scale shows & events so keep your eyes peeled.

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I am available for commissions. If you are planning a shoot & would like to talk through some ideas we would love to hear from you.

 

Professional Garden Photographers Association – Image of the Month

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More great news at Mark Lord Photography HQ today. I am thrilled to have been announced as winner of Image of the Month by the Professional Garden Photographers Association for this image taken early one morning in the gorgeous gardens at Raymond Blanc’s Belmond Le Manor aux Quat’Saisons. I have been entering the competition since mid 2015 & have won the following awards 1st place in July 2015 & August 2016, 2nd place in February 2016 & 3rd place in January & April 2016. You can view my Professional Garden Photographers Association profile here http://www.professionalgardenphotographers.com/po…/mark-lord

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Garden Photography Award

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Pleased to be working with the gardeners at Le Manoir, in Oxfordshire for the next 12 month and shooting the changing gardens through the seasons. On my first visit I took this image of some cherry blossom which scooped 3rd place in the Professional Garden Photographers Association monthly competition last month.

Keep posted for some more images from Le Manoir throughout the year!

 

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Wisteria Hysteria

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A client called me one afternoon to tell me the wisteria outside his workshop was looking its best. It took me just 15 minutes to get to his workshop and in that time someone had parked right outside the workshop infront of the wisteria. We tried a few addresses on the road to see if we could ask them to move their car for a few minutes but couldn’t track them down. We think they parked there and caught a bus into Oxford for the afternoon! Still on a positive note perhaps it adds to the image showing the length and sheer size of this wisteria! Allegedly this is the oldest wisteria in Oxfordshire.

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Orchids in the Chilterns

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I am lucky to have a client with wildflower meadows, woodland and SSSI areas in the Chilterns. This sumer he asked me to record the wild orchids that grow on his land.

Here are a few of my favourite images. These are all tiny flower heads so a macro lens and tripod are essential for the job and the hope of as little wind as possible due to working with such slow shutter speeds!

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Bee Orchid in grasses – such beautiful detail!

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High quality floral greeting cards and limited edition fine art prints now available!

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Welcome to the ‘soft launch’ of Mark Lord Photography Greeting Cards and Fine Art Prints. We are selling these high quality greeting cards  and prints at Waterperry Gardens next weekend but they are also available online now. All cards are 148mm square or A5, printed on high quality 350gsm Tintoretto Gesso paper in the UK using sustainable materials.

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To see the range of cards and prints please go to the client area of our website where you will see the gallery or click here to go straight to the client area and the gallery is at the top. You cannot miss it!  http://www.marklordphotography-clientarea.com

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Look for this gallery album cover!

Please share with your family and friends whom you think would enjoy the images. Thank you.

 

Mark