Room for the Garden
Homecoming · Fictional concept directions; adapt to actual subjects and clothing

2 participant(s)

SAY TO YOUR SUBJECT
Stand close enough to feel together.
Look toward that open patch.
Keep your shoulders relaxed.

POSE
One stands relaxed, hands by sides, gaze toward a garden opening. Two/three align loosely within one depth plane, 40–60 cm apart, bodies facing the same opening, one person may look toward a friend. Stable feet, neutral shoulders and heads; no backs-only arrangement.

SETUP
A broad permitted lawn or open clearing beside a public path.
Subjects on permitted ground, small but readable in lower-left third.

CAMERA
Landscape 4:3 wide environmental view; eye-to-chest-height level camera from 7–10 m, 1× Photo. Keep faces at least partly visible, subjects roughly a quarter of frame height; tap a subject.

LIGHT (Cloudy / shade)
Bright overcast or open shade; keep sky exposure restrained and faces visible.

BACKGROUND & DEPTH
Readable tree canopy and layered planting; no guaranteed flowers.
Parent 7–10 m away; subjects aligned at shallow depth.
Keep bright sky small and remove bins from composition.

CAPTURE
Make three frames, pause to check faces and edges, then capture a small expression variation.

CHECK
Figures too tiny
Faces turned completely away
Bright sky stealing attention

ALTERNATIVE
Move closer for a three-quarter environmental frame if faces cannot be read.

Garden rules: keep paths clear, stay out of beds, no climbing.
https://bellevuebotanical.org/photography/