Portrait of a Tulip

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On Tuesday evening I accompanied Len, who invited to be a guest speaker at Easts Photography Club in Bondi.

The group will be going on an upcoming excursion to the Blue mountains to photograph flowers, so Len shared his passionate wisdom with the group about how to beautifully capture a flower.

Len stated that he considers taking a photo of a flower, is not unlike taking a portrait of a person - both demanding the same consideration and respect. However, unlike humans, flowers that grow in nature, in the ground, are not portable - so working with its environment provides particular constraints to consider. Interestingly, Len’s number one tip was to consider the background of the object and adjust yourself and your camera angle in many ways to find the best solution for the capture of the flower (even if this means laying on the ground in snow, etc.)

The club was treated to a slideshow of Len’s study of flowers and were able to view some of Len’s rarely seen images and publications.

Len loves sharing his knowledge with others and it is apparent after 40 years+ of discussing photography, his passion is not waning any time soon!! We all enjoyed the evening very much.

If you wish to make a booking for Len to speak at your Camera Club, please reach out:

hello@lensschool.com