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The Butterfly Collector

by hankinslawrenceimages | Feb 16, 2021 | Still Life, Uncategorized

I created this still life with other participants at a workshop with Karen Burns and Marie Otero. We started out with the sewing tools – added what looked like a handmade stuffed rabbit carrying a butterfly net. And then we added the butterflies, and some flowers. Rearranged things more than a few times, to finally create this adorable scene. This was one of the workshops that has inspired me to create still life photographs of my own.

Background textures from The French Kiss Collections.

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