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Siberian Irises

by hankinslawrenceimages | Sep 16, 2016 | Flowers, Iridaceae Family

Some of my favorite flowers to photograph in the spring are the siberian irises. Since I’ve started photographing flowers in my studio, I’m able to photograph siberian irises more often than just during their bloom time and I’m able to create photos that I can’t do at the local gardens. I thought I’d share some of my favorite photos of siberian irises that I’ve taken in my studio with you today.

Yellow & White Siberian Irises © 2016 Patty Hankins

Lavender Siberian Irises © 2016 Patty Hankins

If you’d like to know more about how I photograph flowers in my studio, I do teach a photographing flowers in the studio workshop a couple of times a year. The next time I’ll be teaching it is in January. I’ll be announcing the exact date soon. If you’re interested in taking the workshop, just drop me a note at patty@hankins.net and I’ll make sure you’re among the first to hear when registration opens

Introducing Three New Photographs for September

by hankinslawrenceimages | Sep 1, 2016 | Asteraceae Family, Ericaceae Family, Flowers, Iridaceae Family

I wanted you to be the first to hear that I’ve added three brand new photographs to the store on my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website.

The new photos include

Lavender Siberian Irises

Yellow and White Siberian Irises

Dogwood in the Woods

You can all my new photos at http://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/new-photos-2/

I’ve also brought back several of my older aster photos for a limited time – they are all brightly colored round flowers presented as square photographs. They’ve sort of become known as my round on square photos. Several people have created fun groupings of these photos by choosing their favorite summer flowers.

These returning favorites will be available until Octobe4 31. After that – they probably won’t be available again until next summer.

Zowie Zinnia

Pink Gerbera Daisy

You can see all of the returning favorites at http://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/returning-favorites/

New Photo: Song of Norway Iris

by hankinslawrenceimages | Aug 28, 2016 | Flowers, Iridaceae Family, New Photos

Song of Norway Iris © 2016 Patty Hankins

I’ve recently added a new photo – Song of Norway Iris – to the shop on my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website.

I love bearded irises. When I first saw the Song of Norway Iris I thought it was one of most beautiful irises I’ve ever seen. There was something about the shade of purle, the bit of white and the way the sun was highlighting it that I loved. And then I realized there were wonderful yellow tulips behind it – which just added a nice complementary color to the scene.

Song of Norway Iris is available as a matted print on my website.

In the Studio: Yellow and White Siberian Irises

by hankinslawrenceimages | Aug 22, 2016 | In the Studio, Iridaceae Family

Not long ago I shared photos of some lavender siberian irises that I photographed in my studio. At about the same time, I photographed some yellow & white siberian irises. I thought I’d share those photos with you today.

Yellow & White Siberian Iris © 2016 Patty Hankins

Shades of Pink & Purple Irises

by hankinslawrenceimages | Aug 15, 2016 | Flowers, Iridaceae Family

I love photographing irises. This spring I was lucky enough to spend a couple of days photographing irises at Presby Memorial Iris Gardens in New Jersey. There were literally hundreds of varieties of irises blooming when I visited. I photographed at least 60 different types of irises – so it’s going to take me several posts to share them with you.

Today I’ll be sharing the rest of my photos of irises in shades of pink & purple

Rocky Mountain News Iris © 2016 Patty Hankins

Vow of Silence Iris © 2016 Patty Hankins

Yours Truely & Dots and Dashes Irises © 2016 Patty Hankins

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing all my iris photos from Presby Memorial Iris Gardens. I’ll be sharing some photos of irises taken at other gardens soon.

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/

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