Category : Follies

A practical checklist for photographing UK follies, covering kit, timing, composition, access and permission, plus the light editing touches that make a shot work.

Mortar, wear patterns, lichen, old maps and odd design quirks all help separate a genuine historic folly from a modern garden building.

Learn to identify follies in the British landscape by reading their visual quirks, setting and history — from sham castles to garden grottoes.