Spring Has Sprung: HCPG Goes to Brookside Gardens

Brookside Gardens is Montgomery County’s incomparable, award-winning 50-acre public display garden within Wheaton Regional Park. Included in the gardens are several distinct areas: Aquatic Garden, Azalea Garden, Butterfly Garden, Children’s Garden, Rose Garden, Japanese inspired Gude Garden, Idea Garden, Rain Garden, and the Woodland Walk. The Formal Gardens areas include a Perennial Garden, Yew Garden, the Maple Terrace, and Fragrance Garden. Brookside Gardens also features two conservatories for year-round enjoyment.

Parking and admission to the gardens are free.

Event Details:
This will be a study of lens focal length and how they affect the look of your photographs. How aperture effect the look of the subject (depth of field).

Lens Exploration
Organize sessions around different lens types:

• Macro photography for close-ups of individual petals and delicate textures.
• Telephoto lenses for compressing a scene, making rows of trees look overwhelmingly full of blossoms, and isolating subjects to manage crowds.
• Wide-angle lenses for capturing the entire landscape, such as an avenue of trees, or placing a subject in the foreground to emphasize depth.
• How to isolate your subject by the use of depth of field.

Recommended equipment:
DSLR or Mirrorless camera, Macro lens, Wide angle to telephoto zoom lens, flash with diffuser.

Brookside's Photography Guidelines:

• Do not disturb any gardens, stand on rocks or displays, block paths, or climb garden or fountain walls.
• The photo session must not interfere with other visitors’ enjoyment of the gardens.
• Absolutely no tripods are allowed in the Conservatories.
• Published photographs should credit location of photograph, i.e. “Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD”.

RAIN DATE: April 4th

Share Your Work:
We encourage you to share your images with us on the Harford County Photography Group's Facebook page.