Flower and Plant Photography

Join our Flower and Plant Photography course taught by Clive Nichols, one of the world’s finest garden photographers.

Over four lessons, Clive teaches you the practical and artistic aspects of plant and flower photography, drawn from his 25 years’ experience.

You'll learn alongside Clive with practical assignments where you'll photograph flowers, based on each lesson including how to use a macro lens on your camera, how to play with shutter speed, and how to capture photographs of flower petals, and plants.

Choose Expert option for personal feedback from Clive on your assignments.

This course is suitable for all levels of photographer from beginners to professional photographers looking to learn how to take the best photos of flowers and plants (indoors and outside in your garden) from an expert.

Clive uses over 150 beautiful and striking examples of his plant and flower photographs to illustrate approaches and techniques you can use in your own work.

You'll learn:

• how to use light in flower photography

• composing images using diverse shapes and colours in plants and flowers
• techniques to for brilliant plant and flower photographs in indoor and outdoor settings
• creative techniques for photographing flowers and plants
• reducing background distractions
• using macro photography techniques for focus in your flower photos

You'll need:

• 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 here's some alternative options: Alternatives to the macro lens)

• 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

The course includes:

• 4 on-demand video lessons - presented by Clive Nichols
• lifetime access to the video, notes and interactive class
• flexible classes - join and learn when and where you like
• downloadable lesson notes
• practical (optional) photography assignments
• access on your mobile, PC, Mac or laptop
• small interactive online classroom chat online to students from around the world

Time to complete this photography course:

Every student is different but in general we think the whole course will take around 12 hours 20 minutes to complete including:

• Video lesson: 1 hour 20 minutes in total
• Course notes: 30 minutes per lesson
• Assignment: at least 2 hours per lesson
• Interactive classroom time: 15 minutes per lesson
• Tutor feedback review (Expert level): 15 minutes per assignment

Ready to get started?

Just add the course to your basket above - choose the 'Expert' option for personal feedback from Clive on your photos.

Any questions? Contact us by clicking on the orange speech symbol - we'd love to hear from you.