# Bonsai photography recommendations

**URL:** <https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/bonsai-photography-recommendations/1982>\
**Category:** Toolbox\
**Created:** [November 4, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/bonsai-photography-recommendations/1982 "2018-11-04T19:54:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![chriskoehler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@chriskoehler](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/chriskoehler)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/bonsai-photography-recommendations/1982/1 "2018-11-04T19:54:14Z")

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Does anyone have any suggestions on where I might find decent online content discussing best practices for photographing bonsai trees? I’m a neophyte when it comes to this, perhaps I ought to start with a basic photography class online, but I’m curious if there’s anything specific I should keep in mind regarding tree photography. I’m incapable of capturing any bit of tree depth that’s required. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks.

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**Author:** ![nmhansen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/nmhansen/32/114_2.png) [@nmhansen](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/nmhansen)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/bonsai-photography-recommendations/1982/2 "2018-11-04T20:01:19Z")

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This isn’t a full tutorial or anything but Jonas over at Bonsai Tonight just had a good blog post about getting the elevation right in your bonsai photographs.

[https://bonsaitonight.com/2018/10/23/photographing-bonsai-getting-the-level-right/](https://bonsaitonight.com/2018/10/23/photographing-bonsai-getting-the-level-right/)

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**Author:** ![jakers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@jakers](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/jakers)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/bonsai-photography-recommendations/1982/3 "2018-11-05T16:48:53Z")

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IMO the closest thing to photographing a bonsai tree would be portrait photography, I would learn the basics in that. The lighting, framing, isolation of the subject would all be universal in both.  
my two cents and good luck!

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**Author:** ![bwaynef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@bwaynef](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/bwaynef)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/bonsai-photography-recommendations/1982/4 "2018-11-07T02:20:03Z")

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I haven’t read this post in ages, but I remember when OMC used to be a frequent poster online. When I saw your post I immediately thought about the link I’m about to share. (Actually, it was posted on a different forum, but its no longer active.)

[http://www.ausbonsai.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=162](http://www.ausbonsai.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=162)

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**Author:** ![chriskoehler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@chriskoehler](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/chriskoehler)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/bonsai-photography-recommendations/1982/5 "2018-11-08T08:07:19Z")

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Thank you all for your excellent recommendations!!