[...] capturing gardening in all its glory for Gardeners' World Magazine and gardenersworld.com requires planning, and photographs of gardening and associated activities in the snow are in high demand.
Call it my dedication to work, but I sacrificed my one lie-in a week yesterday to get out in the snow. No, I wasn't coerced into it by young children, but by my neighbourly garden photographer, Tim Sandall.
You see, capturing gardening in all its glory for Gardeners' World Magazine and gardenersworld.com requires planning, and photographs of gardening and associated activities in the snow are in high demand.
So Tim and I have a pact ... if it snows, no matter what day, he will turn up on my doorstep suitably equipped (that's thermal underwear, waterproofs and camera). A brief phone call on Saturday confirmed snow would arrive in the East Midlands by late afternoon, and on the dot of 5.30pm it started.
At first light my photographer would arrive, so no lie-in for me on Sunday morning. After an early start clearing about 4in of snow from his car, Tim duly turned-up on my doorstep at 9am, equipped as detailed above.
With a perfect winter wonderland scene outside, worthy of any Christmas card, I set to work:
Tim took some beautiful photographs, including the last remaining holly berries shining out beneath a coating of pure white snow. We will use some of them in the What to do now section of the magazine next winter.
Mission accomplished, we were back indoors for a hot mug of tea.
Now I can relax with a bumper batch of wonderful winter gardening snow scenes ready for future use. And if it snows again next Sunday, perhaps I can have a lie-in.
Eddie J
06/02/2012 at 17:58
To me the snow brought an added demension, helped to frame the garden, and also add new interest.
I'd just love to have a reasonable quality camera and the skill to take a good photo.
Here are two examples from our garden.
Icing On The Cake.
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