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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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