by hankinslawrenceimages | May 1, 2019 | Magnoliaceae Family
Earlier this spring I had the chance to photograph some of the Yulan Magnolias at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. The Yulan Magnolias are an early blooming magnolia with white blossoms.

Yulan Magnolia © 2019 Patty Hankins

Yulan Magnolia © 2019 Patty Hankins

Yulan Magnolia © 2019 Patty Hankins

Yulan Magnolia © 2019 Patty Hankins
This next photo is the same image as above with a texture from The CoffeeShop Blog added to the photo to warm it up a bit.

Yulan Magnolia © 2019 Patty Hankins

Yulan Magnolia © 2019 Patty Hankins
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 29, 2019 | Kallitypes, Louisiana, New Photos

Graveyard Angel with Rose Metarie Cemetery New Orleans Palladium Toned Kallitype © 2019 Patty Hankins
I’ve recently added a new palladium-toned kallitype – Graveyard Angel with Rose Metarie Cemetery New Orleans Palladium Toned Kallitype to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/graveyardangelwithrose/
A beautiful kneeling angel holding a rose at Metarie Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana
This photograph is printed using the late 19th-century photographing printing process known as Kallityping. The emulsion is hand-painted onto the paper, exposed with a negative under bright lights, and toned with palladium. Each print from a negative is slightly different – so these are one of a kind images.
The photographs are printed on 8 X 10″ Bergger 100% Cotton Cot 320 paper. They are matted to 11 X 14″ in a white acid-free mat.
These one-of-a-kind kallitypes are available for $ 49.00
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 26, 2019 | Wildflowers
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been spending hours photographing flowers in gardens, parks and arboretums. As much as I love seeing the daffodils, tulips, grape hyacinths, and other garden flowers, I’m even happier every year to see all the spring wildflowers. So many of them are so delicate and bloom for only a short time in very specific places, that I always feel like I’ve received a gift from Mother Nature when I see and photograph them.
I thought I’d share some of my favorite spring wildflowers photos from this year with you.
Yellow Trout Lily – Erythronium americanum – photographed at Jenkins Arboretum

Yellow Trout Lily – Erythronium americanum © 2019 Patty Hankins
Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis multiplex – photographed at Jenkins Arboretum

Bloodroot – Sanguinaria canadensis multiplex © 2019 Patty Hankins
Dutchman’s Breeches – Dicentra cucullaria – photographed at Jenkins Arboretum

Dutchman’s Breeches – Dicentra Cucullaria © 2019 Patty Hankins
Virginia Bluebells – Mertensia virginica – photographed at Longwood Gardens

Virginia Bluebells – Mertensia Virginica © 2019 Patty Hankins
Squirrel Corn – Dicentra canadensis – photographed at Longwood Gardens

Squirrel Corn – Dicentra Canadensis © 2019 Patty Hankins
Spring Beauty – Claytonia virginica – photographed at Chanticleer Gardens

Spring Beauty – Claytonia Virginica © 2019 Patty Hankins
Rue Anemone – Thalictrum thalictroides – photographed at Longwood Gardens

Rue Anemone – Thalictrum thalictroides © 2019 Patty Hankins
Perfoliate Bellwort – Uvularia perfoliata – photographed at Chanticleer Gardens

Perfoliate Bellwort – Uvularia perfoliata © 2019 Patty Hankins
Grandiflorum Trillium – photographed at Longwood Gardens

Trillium Grandiflorum © 2019 Patty Hankins
Celadine Poppies – Stylophorum diphyllum – photographed at Bartram’s Gardens

Celedine Poppies © 2019 Patty Hankins
White Trout Lily – Erythonium albidum – photographed along the C&O Canal

White Trout Lily – Erythronium albidum © 2019 Patty Hankins
I’m hoping to find more wonderful spring wildflowers to photograph this year. If you’d like to see what I’m finding, be sure to follow me on Flickr – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pattyhankins/. Lately I’ve been posting photographs there as soon as I edit them.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 24, 2019 | Iridaceae Family
As I’ve been editing photos this spring – I found several older iris photos I hadn’t edited or shared. And then with the flowers starting to bloom here in the DC area – I was able to photograph some dwarf irises. I thought I’d share all my recently edited iris photos with you today.
Irises at Chanticleer Gardens

Bearded Iris © 2019 Patty Hankins

Bearded Iris © 2019 Patty Hankins

Iris © 2019 Patty Hankins

Irises by the Pond © 2019 Patty Hankins
Blue Flag Irises at Mt Cuba Center

Blue Flag Irises © 2019 Patty Hankins

Blue Flag Irises © 2019 Patty Hankins
Dwarf Irises at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Dwarf Irises © 2019 Patty Hankins
Dwarf Irises at Brookside Gardens

Dwarf Irises © 2019 Patty Hankins

Dwarf Irises © 2019 Patty Hankins
by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 22, 2019 | Gentianaceae Family, New Photos

Pink & White Lisianthus © 2019 Patty Hankins
I’ve recently added a new photo – Pink & White Lisianthus – to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/pink-white-lisianthus/
I bought these beautiful lisianthus blossoms from one of the local flower farmers here in Maryland. I really enjoy talking to the people who grow my subjects about their farms and sharing with them how I’m going to be using their flowers in my photographs.
When I saw these lisianthus at the market, I loved seeing how some were pink, some were white and some were white with hints of pink. When I brought them together as a bunch, all of a sudden I saw the pink leading back from the front flower into the sea of white in the other blossoms.
This photograph is available matted to 11 X 14 for $ 54 and 16 X 20 for $ 109.