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Staircase Group Lupines

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 12, 2017 | Fabaceae Family

I recently photographed a spectacular set of Staircase Group Lupines at a local botanical garden. I couldn’t believe the shades of pink and purple in the flowers when I saw then. I knew I had to photograph them. Thought I’d share the photos of them with you today

Staircase Group Lupines © 2017 Patty Hankins

Unfolding Worlds: Revelations in Colors

by hankinslawrenceimages | Aug 12, 2016 | Caryophyllaceae Family, Fabaceae Family, Flowers, Iridaceae Family, Liliaceae Family, Ranunculaceae Family, Rosaceae Family

I recently submitted a project to Lenswork magazine’s Seeing in Sixes book project. It was not selected for publication. So I decided to share the photos with you today rather than just having the project sitting on my hard drive. The idea behind the Seeing in Sixes book is for photographers to create a series of six photographs that make up a project.

As I selected the photos for the project, I realized how often I was creating images that are more abstract than many of my previous photos. To me, these photographs are more about color, texture, and shape than about a specific type of flower. Since submitting the project to Lenswork, I’ve continued creating images in this series that I’m sure I’ll be sharing with you in the future.

In the meantime, I hope you enjoy seeing my Unfolding Worlds: Revelations in Colors project.

” When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else.” – Georgia O’Keeffe

Petals of a Flaming Parrot Tulip © 2015 Patty Hankins

Peppermint Carnations © 2016 Patty Hankins

Petals of a Star Campanella Rose © 2016 Patty Hankins

All of these photographs are available for sale in the Flowers in the Studio section of my website at http://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/flowers-in-the-studio/

New Photo: Pink Sweet Peas

by hankinslawrenceimages | Aug 7, 2016 | Fabaceae Family, New Photos

I’ve recently added a new photo – Pink Sweet Peas – to the shop on my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website.

When I saw these wonderful pink sweet peas at my local florist, I knew I had to bring them home to photograph in my studio. The petals were so delicate – like fluffy pink ruffles. I’ve tried to share the sense of delicate fluffiness I saw in the flowers in my photo.

Pink Sweet Peas is available as a matted print on my website.

Photos From the Road: Hudson River Valley

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jun 24, 2016 | Apiaceae Family, Fabaceae Family, Iridaceae Family, New York, Ranunculaceae Family

I’m back from an amazing trip photographing in New York’s Hudson River Valley. It was my first trip to the area and it definitely won’t be my last. I’m already planning a trip back to the area for fall color in October.

Some of my favorite landscape painters are members of the Hudson River School of painters – so I’ve always wanted to see the places that inspired their paintings. I spent close to two weeks photographing the landscapes, visiting historic sites, hiking in state parks and eating at some wonderful diners. I thought I’d share some of my photos from the trip with you today.

One of my favorite places I visited on the trip was Olana State Historic Site in Hudson, NY. This is the home and estate of Hudson River School painter Frederic Church.

View from Frederic Church’s Studio Window

View from the artist's studio at Olana © 2016 Patty Hankins

Olana, home of Frederic Church

View of the Hudson River from Olana

I photographed interesting graves in several cemeteries.

Bas relief on Hilton grave at Albany Rural Cemetery © 2016 Patty Hankins

Mausoleaum Door at Albany Rural Cemetery © 2016 Patty Hankins

Celtic Cross at Albany Rural Cemetery © 2016 Patty Hankins

Spencer Grave at Overlook Cemetery in Troy, NY ©2016 Patty Hankins

Angel in the Delavan Family Plot, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery © 2016 Patty Hankins

I visited (and photographed at) several botanical gardens and arboreatums.

Stonecrop Gardens in Cold Spring

Peaceful spot at Stonecrop Gardens © 2016 Patty Hankins

Mountain Top Arboreatum in Tannersville

Innisfree Garden in Millbrook

New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx

Dasante Blue Larkspur © 2016 Patty Hankins

Indian Pink and Ferns © 2016 Patty Hankins

Milkweed in the Meadow © 2016 Patty Hankins

I also visited some of the wonderful parks in the area

Catskill Park

Rockefeller State Park Preserve

Eleanor Roosevelt Historic Site

Vanderbilt Mansion Historic Site

And lots of wonderful scenes I saw along the roads including

Immaculate Conception Church in Haines Falls © 2016 Patty Hankins

Cat Sculpture in Catskill © 2016 Patty Hankins

These are quick edits that I did while I was still on the road. I’ll be editing and sharing more of my photos from the trip (including lots more wonderful cat sculptures from Catskill) in the weeks to come.

New Photo: Wisteria and Azaleas

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 20, 2015 | Ericaceae Family, Fabaceae Family, Flowers, Georgia, New Photos

I’ve recently added a new photo – Wisteria and Azaleas – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website.

When I think about springtime in the south, I picture landscapes filled with wisteria, azaleas, spanish moss and dogwoods in my mind. So you can imagine how thrilled I was to explore Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia – and see scenes even more wonderful than I’d envisioned. In this particular area of the cemetery I could see lush azalea bushes with wonderful pink blossoms. The wisteria vines wound through the azalea bushes with their clusters of purple flowers contrasting with the pink of the azaleas. The azaleas and wisteria were kept in check and off the graves by one of the wonderful wrought iron fences I kept seeing in Savannah. And in the background of the scene stood a live oak tree – covered with Spanish Moss. For me – this scene totally captures the beauty of spring in Savannah. I had a wonderful time visiting there this year – can’t wait to go back in the spring of 2016.

Wisteria and Azaleas is available as a matted print on my website.

New Photo: Texas Wildflowers in the Wind

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 1, 2015 | Fabaceae Family, Flowers, Orobanchaceae Family, Texas, Wildflowers

Texas Wildflowers in the Wind © 2015 Patty Hankins

I’ve recently added a new photo – Texas Wildflowers in the Wind – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website.

Texas Wildflowers in the Wind is the second wildflower photograph from my 2014 trip to Texas that is available as a matted print. It features two of the wildflowers I saw every day during the trip – Texas Bluebonnets and Texas Paintbrush. As I drove through east Texas, the roadsides were filled with large patches of bluebonnets and paintbrush. I loved seeing the combination of the purple and orange flowers.

One afternoon, the wind was blowing wildly. I tried photographing this wonderful field of flowers – but just couldn’t get my typical sharply focused image where I stopped all the motion. And then I realized that what had caught my eye was not just the flowers – but also they way they were moving in the wind. So I adjusted the settings on my camera to get as long of a shutter speed as I could manage in the mid-afternoon sun, and starting taking photographs. Finally I captured this image – which showed what I saw in the field – the wonderful Texas Wildflowers dancing in the wind.

Texas Wildflowers in the Wind is available as a matted print on my website.

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