Bonsai And Bonsai photoshoot . How to get best photo of your Bonsai.

Photographing A Bonsai : Once we finished shaping Bonsai Plant, we feel like capture the beauty of our creation in a frame. Here I am sharing some important points of Photography . These I learnt with experience, I would like to share with you all. We can start our photography shoot with our mobile. we don't need any expensive camera, Simple camera is also makes lots of difference. Then a normal simple tripod of for stable photos. For taking  good photos one need not to be a great photographer just follow some easy steps and your Bonsai photos will be marvelous. 

Back drop for photo shoot : First to show your Bonsai clearly with depth we should have a solid back ground with out any distractions. If you have plain wall that also makes a good back ground. Otherwise next step we can use Black or White colour or any other colour of plain cloth is makes a superior back ground.  when you selecting a cloth it should not be a shiny cloth, because it reflects the light.  

 

The cloth can be a velvet or 100% cotton cloth or Lekera cloth is gives a best back ground. Some times if your Bonsai is small then our coloured chart paper is perfect as a back drop. Back drop should be hang from a stand or with some support . please try to hang the cloth  straight down with out any folds.. The folds distracts the view of  main image. Our Bonsai plant can be placed in front of the backdrop on a table. We can put same cloth on table and place the plant on table. Then complete back ground will be full black and entire viewers concentration will be on Bonsai plant. Some times we can place turntable on the this table, that also gives a elegant look.

 In this photo table is covered with the same backdrop cloth

A turn table is place on the first table to place Bonsai plant

Chart paper also can be used as back drop in photography.

One more option is we can place glass sheet below Bonsai plant with black or white back drop, the reflection of the plant in the glass gives a beautiful look.

Here below we can see a detail view of White and Black drop . Both of them are good . according to our interest we can use any back ground. So always one back drop without any interruption is compulsory to show your beauty of the Bonsai  plant. 

 

To be continued in next posts with other tips like tripod placement and exposure etc.....

How to make beautiful bonsai pot Easily at home.

Bonsai is unlimited imagination to your creativity. I tried to create different pot for Premna plant.

A beautiful cement block which is light and can be carved with a chisel, drilling machine, and hexa blade. here everything explained with photos. 

Tools required:

Cement Block before carving

   

                                                                  Started Carving with chisel,and drilling machine removed all the solid materiel from inside 

  

Drainage hole is also made at the bottom of the pot . 

and made some stone like carvings by knife and drilling machine 

If you want you can make drainage holes at the bottom of the pot.

And colors used are acrylic colors, not oil colors.

Video of Bonsai pot making

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdu_OjProeg&feature=youtu.be

 

the final product is this. then it is colored with Fevicryl brown, black and yellow. First put the black color and on brown , then put yellow color

let the color dry out.

Bonsai is a Beautiful Art there is no limit to our creativity.

Then Nursery Plant Premna  is place inside the pot and soil is added. Now  it is looking as a old wood and the plant  coming up nicely. Any one can do this pot. Shaping premna plant. pruning and ramification will be done depending on the development of the plant just started.

How to make Nursery Plant into Bunjin / Literati style Bonsai

Literati / Bujin style of  trees can be seen in Nanga paintings. 

     Bunjin or Literati style is a unique style in nature. It is a beautiful form Nature. These types of trees we will find in dense forests. because of plants growing near to one another space between trees is reduced and, lack of sunlight makes the trees grow taller in search of light, that makes the plant taller and taller and only the top portion branches. Main trunk line movement will depend on the space available between the trees. As the tree grows towards sunlight the older branches of the trunk line die because of less scope for further growth and dense trees blocks sunlight. Nature gives the tree a magnificent look with many elegant curves. Below image shows growth of trees in dense forests.

                                                                 
Some trees growing on hilly area  and on mountains represent Literati style. 

                      Some native trees growing on Hilly area are also look like Bunjin style because of effect of extreme weather, like drought, high temperature which makes the tree survival of the fittest. Nature gives the tree a graceful look with forceful curves and twists. Main trunk line which is affected with drastic   changes of nature will be dried and gives the tree a stunning look with open trunk line.      

                      Literati style is like a poem written by literate or scholar in which first line of the poem is beautiful , second is more beautiful,third is most beautiful, last line of the poem is extremely beautiful, means each curve of the tree is beautiful, as it is twisted and goes up beauty of the tree increases with more twists, gives the tree graceful and artistic style called as Bunjin  or Literati style.  

    

The main character of Literati style three thirds of the tree will not be having any greenery or branches. Most of the trunk like will have shari. Shari is removing the bark of the tree on one side to show as is the tree is exposed to extreme conditions of the weather on high mountains. Branches on the main trunk line will be removed, or otherwise they will be made in to jin. Jin is removing bark of the branch on one side. the main trunk line will be wrapped with wrapping tape, this tape protects the bark while twisting the trunk line. Any small split or breaks formed on trunk line while twisting is protected by the tape and will heal on its own. Then wiring on the trunk line will be done. Then slowly trunk will be twisted and given a shape in to Literati style. How to Make Shari and Jin will be shown in coming blogs.

            

                   Before Making in to Bonsai                                Literati / Bunjin style 

                                         Other Bonsais of Bunjin style are shown here.

Here is the link to watch Video

How to make Bonsai Literati style step by step for bonsai beginners explained

  

Selection of Branches for styling Bonsai Plant - Part Two

Selection of Branches for styling Bonsai Plant - Part Two

Styling Bonsai branches is very important because it gives a good look to the plant . Here in this video it is clearly shown how to select  branches, draw a  future plant, and how to give a shape to the Bonsai plant. Re potting of Plant and selection of pot was shown clearly in this video.
Same plant after Six months of training

                                                               Plant with full flowers

Link of Part one Blog of Bonsai Styling
http://www.kapilaas.com/2018/01/selection-of-branches-for-styling.html