Here are some flower and still photographs that I’ve recently created in my studio
Flowers
Orange Romeo Carnations © 2021 Patty Hankins
Daffodil © 2021 Patty Hankins
White Chrysanthemums © 2021 Patty Hankins
Still Lifes
Carrot Walnut Bread © 2021 Patty Hankins
Apple Snickerdoodle Muffins © 2021 Patty Hankins
Lunch for a Cold Day © 2021 Patty Hankins
Bacon, Cheddar & Chive Scones © 2021 Patty Hankins
Afternoon Tea with Blueberry Scones © 2021 Patty Hankins
Kodak Girl Ivory Flame © 2021 Patty Hankins
In the first decades of the twentieth-century, the Kodak Company ran an ongoing advertising campaign designed to encourage women to become photographers and recorders of their family’s travels, activities, milestone events and every day occurrences. Inspired by these ads, I’m creating photographs showing women as active photographers rather than the passive subject of a male photographer’s work that we so often see.
In the photograph, Ivory Flame is portrayed as a 1920’s woman photographing with her Ihagee Pocket Folding Camera.
I thought I’d just start combining all my flower photos into one set of posts – hope you enjoy seeing some of the wonderful flowers I’ve photographed over the years
Chanticleer Gardens, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Spring Beauty – claytonia virginica © 2020 Patty Hankins
Trillium grandiflorum © 2020 Patty Hankins
Mt Cuba Center, Hockessin, Delaware
Shooting Stars – Dodecatheon meadia © 2019 Patty Hankins
Amethyst Shooting Stars – Dodecatheon amethystinum © 2019 Patty Hankins
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Pink & Yellow © 2019 Patty Hankins
Remembrance Azaleas © 2020 Patty Hankins
Mallow and Ironweed Reflections © 2019 Patty Hankins
Remembrance Azaleas © 2020 Patty Hankins
Blueberry Muffins © 2021 Patty Hankins
Like many other people, I started baking again during the pandemic. I haven’t done much baking in recent years – food allergies meant gluten-free and early on my gluten-free baking efforts weren’t a success. But since then, gluten-free flour mixes have come on the market, and there are lots more recipe sites with gluten-free recipes. So it was time to try again – after all – I wasn’t going anywhere – might as well start baking.
So as the first in a new series of photos – known informally as the “I’m so fucking bored, I’m baking” series – here are some blueberry muffins.
Ok – so I’m giving up on trying to organize posts by type of flower – and will just do it by season at least for a while. There are lots of posts with just a few photos lined up – and at the rate I’m going – I may never get enough photos for an entire post dedicated to a specific type of flower.
So – here are some of the wonderful spring flowers and scenes I’ve photographed at various gardens over the years
New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, New York
Geranium ©2020 Patty Hankins
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Pink Charm Daffodils © 2019 Patty Hankins
Ann Saucer Magnolia © 2019 Patty Hankins
Ann Saucer Magnolia © 2019 Patty Hankins
Chanticleer Garden, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Floating Flowers © 2019 Patty Hankins
Tulips © 2021 Patty Hankins
Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland
Purple Crocuses © 2021 Patty Hankins
Snowdrops © 2021 Patty Hankins