It’s hard to believe that it’s almost the end of 2014. As I look back, I’ve had a wonderful year and have so much to be grateful for. I often say that I have the best job in the world – that I photograph flowers. And I really do mean it because not only do I get to spend my time in nature photographing but I also get to talk with people about photography, nature, flowers and national parks.
I’ve put together a new video for you this holiday season – Peaceful Beauty 2014. It has some of my favorite photographs that I edited this year accompanied by the wonderful harp music of Pamela Bruner. The music for this video is “Dona Nobis Pacem” from her On Christmas Morn CD.
As 2014 comes to a close, I’d like to thank you for all your support and encouragement of me this year. It has meant the world to me.
I’d also like to wish you and all your friends and families a very safe, peaceful and wonderful holiday season and a very Happy New Year.
I don’t know about you – but I love seeing and photographing Christmas Lights. It doesn’t matter whether it’s lights on houses in my neighborhood, lights in downtown Washington DC or a light display at a local botanical garden – I love seeing them.
One thing I have noticed over the years as I’ve photographed various light displays is that I’ll see people taking a picture – looking at the back of their camera – and realizing that they aren’t seeing what they hoped to see on the back of their camera.
As the days get shorter and the weather gets colder, I really start to miss summer in the local gardens. One of the types flowers I always love to see are the roses. Whether I see a rose bush full of blossoms or a close up an single blossom or a bud just about to open, there is always something to wonderful to photograph in a rose garden.
I’ve put together a new video Beautiful Roses with some of my recent photographs of roses. The photos are accompanied by the first movement – Morning – of Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite no.1, Op. 46.
There’s something about Asters that always make me smile. Whether it’s a bright yellow sunflower – or a simple daisy – members of the Aster family are some of my favorite flowers to photograph. So often they have petals of one color radiating out from a center of a different color – and the centers of the flowers often have intricate geometric patterns.
I’ve put together some of my favorite Aster photographs into a new video Beautiful Asters. The flower photographs are accompanied by the “Spring” concerto from Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
I hope you enjoyed seeing my new video. Is there an aster that is a particular favorite of yours? If there is one – let me know in the comments below.
Bill and I went to Chincoteague, VA last weekend to work on plans for our January 24-26, 2014 Landscape Photography Workshop we’ll be teaching there. We had a great time photographing – so we recorded a short video to share some of the photos we took.
Sometimes when I’m out photographing – or showing my photos – I get asked – what made me compose a particular photo the way I did. I’ll usually respond by talking about something in that particular photo that caught my eye and that I wanted to share with others.
I’ve recorded a short video for you talking about some of the things that catch my eye when I’m out photographing.
I hope I’ve given you some ideas of things to keep an eye out for next time you are out photographing.
You can find information about my upcoming workshops or working privately with me on my website.
