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Poppy Anemone

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 12, 2021 | Flower Portraits

In recent months, I’ve been experimenting with photographing flowers as portraits with custom backgrounds designed to highlight what I see as the personality of the flowers. For this poppy anemone, I wanted to emphasize the soft purples in the petals and the greys in the seeds. To me, the flower just felt like a visit will a gentle friend, who no matter how long it’s been since we last talked, the conversation picks up right where it left off.

Flower from Plantmasters, a local flower farm in Maryland.
Background textures from The French Kiss Collection

Summer in the Gardens

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 7, 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

At a local flower farm

Northern Sea Oats - Chasmanthium latifolium © 2019 Patty Hankins

Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland

Love in the Mist (Nigella damascena) © 2020 Patty Hankins

Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Joe Pye Weed - Eutrochium maculatum © 2019 Patty Hankins

For the Kodak Girl

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 5, 2021 | Language of Flowers, Still Life

In the Victorian language of flowers, Lupins represent the creative arts and imagination. As I created this still life, I was inspired by the enthusiastic women photographers of the 1910’s and 1920’s, including my grandmother, Evelyn Clara Call. These women photographed their families, their friends, and their adventures. The Kodak company promoted women as photographers through their Kodak Girl advertising campaign. So in the image I’ve placed a vintage Kodak camera, issues of Kodakery, a magazine to help photographers improve their photography, a film box, negative folders, a negative, and a light meter – in other words, everything a Kodak Girl would need to prepare her for her next photographic adventure.

The flowers were grown by Plantmasters, a local flower farmer in Maryland.

In the Conservatory at Longwood Gardens

by hankinslawrenceimages | Dec 31, 2020 | 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 flowers I’ve photographed in the Conservatory at Longwood Gardens over the years

Mrs Marshall Fuschia © 2019 Patty Hankins

Sonnet Orange Scarlet Snapdragon © 2019 Patty Hankins

Illumination Flame Foxglove © 2019 Patty Hankins

In the Silver Garden © 2018 Patty Hankins

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana © 2020 Patty Hankins

More Spring Wildflowers

by hankinslawrenceimages | Dec 24, 2020 | 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 taken in 2019.

Perfoliate Bellwort – uvularia perioliata – photographed at Jenkins Arboretum and Gardens in Pennsylvania

Perfoliate Bellwort - uvularia perioliata © 2020 Patty Hankins Background Texture from Definitely Dreaming

Perfoliate Bellwort - uvularia perioliata © 2020 Patty Hankins

Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis – photographed at Jenkins Arboretum and Gardens in Pennsylvania

Bloodroot - Sanguinaria canadensis © 2020 Patty Hankins

Bloodroot Among the Mayapples © 2020 Patty Hankins

Dutchman’s Breeches – Dicentra cuculliaria – photographed at Jenkins Arboretum and Gardens in Pennsylvania