Capturing The Light

I realised during a recent early morning drive to work, that each type of tree is unique. Not necessarily a great revelation in itself, but what I was particularly interested by was the unique manner in which each tree allowed light to fall through its boughs and the pattern and intensity with which it then caressed the surface beneath. I realised that this could be used to affect landscape and to bring certain lighting to the subject. This realisation helped me to appreciate one of the finer points of planting that I had not previously understood and one which has, it seems, often been overlooked by our profession.