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Photos from the Road

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 29, 2024 | Maine, Nevada, New York, Tennessee, Virginia

I used to do a lot of traveling and photographing. For many places, I really don’t have enough photo to do separate blog posts – so thought I’d start combining photos from various places into a series of photos from the road. Hope you enjoy seeing the scenes from some of my travels.

Photos from the Road

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 1, 2024 | Louisiana, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Virginia

I used to do a lot of traveling and photographing. For many places, I really don’t have enough photo to do separate blog posts – so thought I’d start combining photos from various places into a series of photos from the road. Hope you enjoy seeing the scenes from some of my travels.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Texas

Assateague National Seashore, Virginia

Zion National Park, Utah

Zion National Park @2024 Patty Hankins

Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

Richmond, Virginia

Introducing Twelve New Photographs

by hankinslawrenceimages | Nov 2, 2018 | Flowers, Kallitypes, Still Life, Virginia

Over the past few months, I’ve added twelve new photographs to my website. I wanted to share them with you today so you can see where my photographic adventures and explorations have taken me.

As you’ll see I’ve been exploring still life photographing in my studio since taking a still life photography workshop last spring. But don’t worry, I’m still photographing flowers – in fact – I’ll have two solo shows next year featuring my flower photos – so you’ll be seeing lots of new flower photographs in the months to come.

Flowers

Plum Sunflower

Still Life

Musical Memories

The Sweet Shop, Central Market, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

A Perfect Summer Afternoon

Dreaming of Flowers

Musical Evening

Birthday Memories

Landscapes

Trees in the Fog, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

Trees at Sunset, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Trees at Sunset, Chincoteauge National Wildlife Refuge © 2018 Patty Hankins

Palladium-Toned Kallitypes

Grief, Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC

Graveyard Angel, Rock Creek Cemetery, Washigton, DC

Woman with Wreath, Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my latest images. I hope you’ll let me know which is your favorite

A Few Days at Chincoteague NWR

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jul 10, 2018 | Virginia

In late April, I spent a couple of days photographing at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. Chincoteague is my favorite NWR to visit and its a place I know pretty well. But as always, there is something different to photograph than on previous trips.

As usual, I photographed a sunrise in the marsh. This may be my favorite place to photograph sunrise, almost every time I visit, I end up with photos of a peaceful sunrise. During this sunrise, I saw some sika deer and birds in the early morning light in the marsh.

Sunrise over the Marsh, Chincoteague NWR © 2018 Patty Hankins

Once the sun came up I spent my time photographing wildlife! I found a herd of Chincoteague’s famous ponies grazing along the side of the road. A couple of them raised their heads while walking so I could photograph them. I can’t tell you how many photos I have of Chincoteague ponies with their heads down grazing!

Pony, Chincoteague NWR © 2018 Patty Hankins

As usual, there were lots (and lots) of birds to photograph. These are some of the Great Egrets I saw.

Egret at Chincoteague NWR © 2019 Patty Hankins

Egrets at Chincoteague NWR © 2019 Patty Hankins

The big surprise for me was finding a pair of sika deer alongside one of the channels. I’d seen a few earlier in the marsh at sunrise but was too far away to get anything more than a tiny silhoutte in my photo. Along the channel, I was actually able to get photos where you can tell what the deer are!

Sika Deer, Chincoteague NWR © 2018 Patty Hankins

And for me, no trip to Chincoteague is complete without stopping by Assateague Light. It was nice to see that the light has been painted recently.

Assateague Light, Chincoteague NWR © 2018 Patty Hankins

If you are in the DC area, Chincoteague is always a great place to visit for a quick photo getaway. I’m not sure when I’ll next visit, but I do know I’ll have a wonderful time photographing when I do.

Graveyard Angel, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia Palladium Toned Kallitype

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 20, 2018 | Cemeteries, Kallitypes, Virginia

Little Angel, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA Palladium Toned Kallitype © 2017 Patty Hankins

I’m excited to share another of my palladium-toned kallitypes with you

A small graveyard angel in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia

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.

This photo is available on my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/littleangelhollywood/

Chincoteague Reflections – New Photo

by hankinslawrenceimages | Dec 10, 2017 | New Photos, Virginia

Chincoteague Reflections © 2017 Patty Hankins

I’ve recently added a new photo – Chincoteague Reflections – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website

Late one February afternoon I was photographing a sunset at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia. My original photos were typical landscapes, but as I watched the sun set, I found myself looking at the reflections of the colors in the clouds in the water. I ended up with an abstract photo of the beautiful pastel shades of pink, purple, and blue that I saw late that afternoon.

Chincoteague Reflections is available on my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/reflection-chincoteague/