Summer 2024 At Filoli
June 2024
Summer 2024, is my fourth Summer shooting the garden rooms and natural lands at Filoli. Each season in each year brings something new to look forward to. Summer is the time that the garden rooms fill with greens and reds and purples and blues and yellow–an infinite variety of hues and tones. And, consequently I need to be discerning in picking my shots. Click on an image below to view a slideshow.
About this project: 45 Minutes At Filoli
This project originated because my wife and I were looking for a pandemic-friendly afternoon outdoors and we visited Filoli in Woodside, CA. Spring had just begun to coax the blossoms and blooms along and I thought it might be fun to revisit the gardens every week and create a pictorial record of the changes. I decided on two guidelines. First, get in and out in 45 minutes to an hour. Second, go ultra-light by picking a lens from my old lens collection and sticking with that throughout my visit. Mostly, sometimes, I was able to stick with these guidelines. While my visits often stretched longer, trying to keep things simple and work fast gave the project an energy I enjoyed.