Still More Spring Wildflowers
So with Covid - I haven't been able to get out an photograph this year the way I usually do. Instead I'm working my way back through unedited photos on my hard drive - and seeing what I find. Here I'll be sharing some photos of wildflowers I've taken Trout Lily...
Dutchman’s Breeches
Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) are a wonderful spring wildflower. They bloom here in the woods here n the DC area in March and April, at roughly the same time as the Spring Beauty blooms, and shortly before the Virginia Bluebells open up. They are...
The Beauty of Fall
Ok - so I'm giving up on trying to organize posts by subject - and will just do it by season at least for a while. There are lots of posts with just a few photos lined up - and at the rate I'm going - I may never get enough photos for an entire post dedicated to a...
Happy Anniversary
In the Victorian language of flowers, one of the meanings for peonies is happy wedding anniversary. For this still life, I imagined a woman thinking back to her wedding day on her anniversary. She has a photograph of herself and her husband on their wedding day, a...
Spring in the Gardens
Ok - so I'm giving up on trying to organize posts by type of flower - and will just do it by season at least for a while. There are lots of posts with just a few photos lined up - and at the rate I'm going - I may never get enough photos for an entire post dedicated...
Poppy Anemone
In recent months, I've been experimenting with photographing flowers as portraits with custom backgrounds designed to highlight what I see as the personality of the flowers. For this poppy anemone, I wanted to emphasize the soft purples in the petals and the greys in...
Summer in the Gardens
Ok - so I'm giving up on trying to organize posts by type of flower - and will just do it by season at least for a while. There are lots of posts with just a few photos lined up - and at the rate I'm going - I may never get enough photos for an entire post dedicated...
For the Kodak Girl
In the Victorian language of flowers, Lupins represent the creative arts and imagination. As I created this still life, I was inspired by the enthusiastic women photographers of the 1910's and 1920's, including my grandmother, Evelyn Clara Call. These women...
In the Conservatory at Longwood Gardens
Ok - so I'm giving up on trying to organize posts by type of flower - and will just do it by season at least for a while. There are lots of posts with just a few photos lined up - and at the rate I'm going - I may never get enough photos for an entire post dedicated...
More Spring Wildflowers
So with Covid - I haven't been able to get out an photograph this year the way I usually do. Instead I'm working my way back through unedited photos on my hard drive - and seeing what I find. Here I'll be sharing some photos of wildflowers taken in 2019. Perfoliate...
Spring in the Gardens
Ok - so I'm giving up on trying to organize posts by type of flower - and will just do it by season at least for a while. There are lots of posts with just a few photos lined up - and at the rate I'm going - I may never get enough photos for an entire post dedicated...
A Few Spring Wildflowers
So I realized I've never made this post full of wildflower photos public - please enjoy a few minutes of springtime beauty early in December Foam Flowers (Tiarella cordifolia) and Phlox at Longwood Gardens Bishop's Cap (Mitella diphylla), Spring...