Clive Nichols
Flower & Plant Photography
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One of the world’s finest garden photographers, Clive Nichols, teaches you how to photograph flowers and plants.
Choose Expert option for personal feedback from Clive on your photography assignments.
During this in-depth flower and plant photography course, Clive gives invaluable advice on both the practical and artistic aspects of flower and plant photography, drawn from his 25 years’ experience.
You'll be taking your own photographs as you learn, and demonstrating your new skills. In the course, Clive uses over 150 examples of his flower and plant photographs to illustrate approaches and techniques you can use in your own work.
The course begins with considering the ways in which different types of light can be used to transform your images.
Clive moves on to discuss ways of composing images using the wonderfully diverse range of shapes and colours found in plants and flowers.
He then looks at techniques for creating images in both indoor and outdoor environments. The course is completed with a discussion of more advanced creative techniques.
This Flower and Plant Photography Masterclass is filled with detailed advice on the many ways you can create striking images of flowers and plants, given by an acknowledged expert in his field.
Lessons
What You’ll Learn
Explore the lessons and topics covered across the course.
Lighting is vitally important to all photography and in this lesson Clive explains how to use natural light to get the best out of your subjects.
He starts by looking at the advantages of soft, diffused light, then moves on to bright sunlight, back lighting and side lighting.
He also gives essential advice on controlling exposure for getting the best possible results in your work.
Flowers and plants offer a fascinating range of shapes and colours to photograph and in this lesson Clive talks about how to use them to make stunning images. He looks at single and repeated shapes, pattern and line, the use of positive and negative space and creating abstract images.
In this lesson, Clive explores the pleasures of working indoors, including the use of different coloured backgrounds. He explains how to create simple but effective still life images and how props such as vases and bottles can be used to enhance them. He goes on to look at working outdoors and the advantages of shooting at different times of the day and in a range of weather conditions.
Now that lighting, composition and different working conditions have been explored, Clive now examines different creative techniques to use in your flower and plant work. He discusses the importance of viewpoint, ways of using plant combinations and the striking effect of using complementary colours. He also looks at controlling depth of field, creatively using subject and camera movement and concludes with some useful post-processing techniques.
Materials:
Camera which allows user to control shutter speed, aperture and ideally has an exposure compensation button
Macro and Zoom Lens
If you don't have a Macro lens then take a look at the following blogs for alternatives
Alternatives to the macro lens: Part 1
Alternatives to the macro lens: Part 2
Tripod
Lens Hood for avoiding flare when shooting into the sun
A white and a gold reflector
Sheets of different coloured card
A piece of black velvet for backgrounds.
Learning options
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Common Questions
Answers to the most common questions about learning with us.
Our online classroom is designed to help you learn from experts in a collaborative, social environment alongside a small group of learners.
Each lesson combines expert-led videos with optional assignments, giving you the opportunity to apply what you’ve learned and share your work with others. You can take part in ongoing discussions, ask questions, exchange feedback, and learn from a community of like-minded people from around the world.
By learning together in a small, supportive group, you benefit not only from expert guidance but also from shared ideas, perspectives, and experiences—helping you stay engaged and retain what you learn.
You can start your course at any time within 12 months of purchase. Once you begin, you’ll have lifetime access, so you can revisit lesson videos and notes whenever you like.
Courses are designed to fit around your schedule, allowing you to learn at your own pace. Each lesson video is typically 30–40 minutes, and we recommend around an hour for each assignment.
Both Peer and Expert options give you full access to the course content, including lesson videos, downloadable notes, assignments, and a collaborative online classroom with up to 20 learners. You’ll also have lifetime access to revisit the material at any time.
The Expert option includes everything in Peer, plus personalised assignment feedback, direct messaging with your expert tutor, and a certificate of completion.
With the Expert option, you can interact directly with your tutor throughout the course. You’ll typically have one week per lesson to ask questions and receive feedback on your assignments, with as much interaction as you need during that time.
Your tutor access begins when you enter the classroom and follows the course schedule (for example, a four-lesson course usually runs over four weeks). If you need more time or support, our team is here to help.
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