Ep. 65 Talking spring flowers and photography with Wendy Ferguson and Mary Fischer

On this week's Good Growing podcast we share some recent photos of spring-blooming plants in our yards. Horticulture program coordinator and photographer Wendy Ferguson gives us some tips for improving our photography skills. Plus your home gardening questions answered. I have an image of our saucer magnolia taken at night. The flowers seemed to glow in the dark so I grabbed my camera, but the photo didn’t turn out well. Can I take a photo at night and get realistic images? Hellebores in bloom Is there anything I can do about shadows? I always have my shadow or the shadow of something else in my pictures. I understand to move, but is there something else I can do? Close up images Image composition Taking pictures at ground level Some unique tulip cultivars; plus a field full of spring beauties https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2021-04-15-spring-brings-spring-beauties-landscape What can I do about harsh lighting during the middle of the day? I bought blooming spring bulbs in containers for Easter. Is it okay to cut the foliage and dead blooms off of my bulbs before I plant them in the ground? Will the cold night temperatures affect my snapdragons I just planted in a container? How do you get rid of creeping Charley? When the best time to spray for bagworms? How to control wild onion in turf? Watch us on YouTube https://youtu.be/oySSB7hl614 --- Any products mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion of these products.