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Photos from my studio

by hankinslawrenceimages | Feb 11, 2021 | Flowers

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 photos I’ve taken in my studo

Purple Iris © 2020 Patty Hankins Background Texture from French Kiss Collections

Pink Lily of the Valley © 2020 Patty Hankins

Lupines © 2020 Patty Hankins Background texture from French Kiss Collections

Lisianthus & Dahlias © 2019 Patty Hankins

Daffodils © 2020 Patty Hankins Background texture from The French Kiss Collection

Fall Color in the Smokies

by hankinslawrenceimages | Feb 9, 2021 | Tennessee

Over the years, I’ve spent several weeks photographing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the fall. On every visit, I kept hoping to capture a photograph of one of the hillsides covered with the bright colors of changing leaves, and maybe even a little fog somewhere in the photo. Finally, on one of my trips, I spotted this scene as I drove along the road. I pulled over, set up my tripod, set my camera up – and started photographing. And when I got back to my cabin and looked at the photos, I knew I had captured the scene I’ve been dreaming of.

I hope you enjoy seeing this beautiful fall moment as much as I enjoyed photographing it.

Photographed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee.

Summer in the Gardens

by hankinslawrenceimages | Feb 4, 2021 | Flowers

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 summer flowers and scenes I’ve photographed at various gardens over the years

Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylania

Detective Emily Water Lilies © 2019 Patty Hankins

Rose Arey Water Lily © 2019 Patty Hankins

Cardinal Flowers - Lobelia cardinalis © 2019 Patty Hankins

Santa Cruz Water Platters - Victoria cruziana © 2019 Patty Hankins

Blue Cardinal Flower - Lobelia siphilitica © 2019 Patty Hankins

Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland

Pink Root

by hankinslawrenceimages | Feb 2, 2021 | Wildflowers

Pink Root (Spigelia marilandica), also known as Indian Pink and Woodland Pinkroot, is a late spring into early summer blooming wildflower here in the DC area. The distinctive red and yellow flowers stand out in the woods, or in a garden. Pink Root is native to much of the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States And if you are hoping to see hummingbirds in the garden, be sure to check out where the Pink Root is growing – hummingbirds love it!

I photographed this Pink Root at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland

Still More Spring Wildflowers

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 28, 2021 | Wildflowers

So with Covid – I haven’t been able to get out an photograph this year the way I usually do. Instead I’m working my way back through unedited photos on my hard drive – and seeing what I find. Here I’ll be sharing some photos of wildflowers I’ve taken

Trout Lily photographed at Jenkins Arboretum