How to Photograph Flowers with Éva Németh
July 5, 2024Today let’s learn how to photograph flowers with Éva Németh. I am so excited to have Éva contributing a guest post today! Éva is a photographer from Oxfordshire, UK, who uses quiet observation to capture flowers and gardens on camera.
She photographs some of the most well known gardens in the UK as well as some of your favorite flower arranging books.
Éva’s work has been featured in House & Garden UK, AD, Gardens Illustrated, Country Living UK, and many more!
Read below for Éva’s top tips for photographing flowers for your next floral photoshoot.
Always take photographs in natural light. That said, not all natural light is ideal for taking pictures. Too much sunshine can easily kill your flower photography by making the true colours of flowers appear too harsh and vivid, but there are many ways to tone it down. Try to block out the light by simply standing in a way that you cast a shadow on your flower.
Make sure your background complements your flowers and there’s no distraction. When we photograph something, we often concentrate so much on our subject that we forget to notice what other elements make up the overall composition. It’s only when we look at the photo that we realise that we should have moved the bin out of the way, or removed the bright yellow flower from the background because it’s not harmonising with the colour of the one we’re trying to capture.
When taking your flower photos with a DSLR or mirrorless or a smartphone that allows you to choose your own f stop, make sure you choose an f stop that is somewhere between f1.8 and f2.8 Using large aperture (small f stop) allows you to make your flower stand out while the rest of the image is out of focus.
Éva will be teaching you how to get the most out of your camera or phone to capture your designs in a way that reflects your brand and the clients you wish to attract to your work at our floral career retreat in October 2024: Creating a Circular Floral Design Business where we will be creating a floral photoshoot. Get more details on the workshop and event here.
All photos by Éva Németh.