I live roughly an hour and a half to two hours away from Atlanta and have visited many of the local tourist attractions. I had always planned to visit the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, but never made it until I attended the recent SITsum conference. Opened in 1976, this 30 acre garden is home to a stunning variety of plants. We were in town just in time to capture the final weekend of the Bruce Munro “Lights in the Garden Exhibit.” Before visiting the gardens, I had participated in the #WeLoveATL instagram walk around Midtown Atlanta and picked up tips for capturing eye popping photos. Here’s some of the scenes from the garden and the walk, along with the two best tips I learned.
- Capture Unique Angles. Our first tip was to find different perspectives of looking at objects. Don’t just take a straight forward shot. Take one from the side, get down on your knees, take one from the bottom of an object looking up or grab an extreme close up shot. These types of perspectives add visual interest and capture the objects in an entirely new way.
2. Add action shots of people. Instead of having people grouped together in a small mass, let the photos tell the a story. Include activity and feature people at unique angles or in motion. I am definitely still working on this one, but did manage to catch some photos of a friend pretending to pop out of a flower bed!
While the garden was beautiful at night, I want to plan a trip to visit it during daylight hours to see their many plant collections.
After visiting the Botanical Gardens, stop by the adjacent Piedmont Park for beautiful shots of the Altanta skyline. Be sure to bring some bread to feed the ducks!
Do you have any tips for taking the perfect instagram photos? Have you visited the Atlanta Botanical Gardens or Piedmont Park?
I totally agree it’s all about the angles! You captured some instagram worthy pics!
These are some beautiful gardens which I would love to visit anytime with my husband. We have never been to Atlanta before, but these pictures are amazing that I would want to have it my bucket list.
I have actually never been to Atlanta but would love to one day. I have friends who live there and I’ve been promising to visit. Will have to visit the gardens if I ever make it.
I’ve been to Piedmont Park, but not the gardens! It was pouring rain the day I was in that area – so I was headed inside LOL I would love to go in the future, though!
I think capturing unique angles can be really helpful, especially when your traveling to a place thats really popular, standing apart from all the other photos helps.
I’ve been to the Atlanta aquarium before, but never the botanical gardens! What a beautiful place to take the family
I have yet to visit Atlanta and I will be keeping this in mind. I love parks and gardens. It gives me an un-explainable sense of peace and serenity.
It’s a gorgeous place! I can imagine it’d be easy to get great photos, for Instagram or just your own collection, there.
I need to get my mom out of the house more often. She’s going stir-crazy as she recovers from surgery. This sounds like a lovely outing, and one she’d just adore.
My tips for Instagram are to make sure you are telling a story. Capture the emotion of the event.
The first 2 pics are absolutely gorgeous! I’ll have to go there when I go to Atlanta 🙂 THanks for sharing!
Some beautiful pictures. Looks like a nice place to visit.
The gardens are really beautiful. I think it would also be fun to visit it during daytime.
Wow those 1st few photos are stunning! Sounds like an amazing family friendly place to visit!
I have not been to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in so long. Such pretty pictures!
Those are definitely good tips. I’m still trying to learn how to take better action shots. My kids always used to get mad when I’d ask them to stop and pose for too long!
Wow that looks awesome. I love all those fun outdoor photos!
Wonderful photos! Looks like a great place to visit. I wish we had a botanical gardens near by us, I’d love to take a look! I’m a bit far!
These are really grea pictures. They make me want to visit our local garden here near philly (longwood gardens).
I have never been to Atlanta but this gives me an idea of a place I would put on the list when we do visit!
The gardens are really beautiful. It’s definitely worth a stop.
This looks like such a cool place to visit. I will have to check it out next time I am in Atlanta.
We live just outside of Atlanta, and we go to the Botanical gardens all the time. It’s amazingly beautiful there.
Yes, yes, yes – it’s all about the angles! It definitely adds something special to the shot.