Join Me on March 2!
It’s almost here! My spring 2019 solo show “The Beauty of Flowers” will be on display from Tuesday February 26 through Sunday April 28 at the Horticulture Center at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia I’m hard at work finishing up the...
Tulips in the Studio
I recently photographed a couple of sets of tulips in my studio - I thought I'd share the photos with you today. Believe it or not - I bought both sets of tulips at my local grocery store! This first set were parrot tulips - with red, great, yellow, and orange in the...
Hollyhill Pinkie Dahlia – New Photo
I've recently added a new photograph - Hollyhill Pinkie Dahlia - to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/dahlia-hollyhill-pinkie/ Late summer/early fall at the local gardens means it's dahlia time. Every year, I'm amazed at the spectacular dahlias I...
What F-Stop Should I Use?
One of the questions i get asked all the time is what F-stop do I recommend for photographing flowers? My answer is It depends . . . on what lens you’re using, what your subject is, how close to your subject are you and most of all - how much of your subject do you...
What A Difference An F-Stop Makes (updated in 2019)
I originally wrote this post a few years ago - I'm updating in 2019 with some new photos and a few other edits I recently got an email from a novice photographer commenting on how they liked that in some of my photos just one flower is in focus – and in others...
A Few Peonies
As I'm continuing to edit my photos from a few years ago, I've found some photos of beautiful peonies I haven't shared with you This first peony was photographed at Chanticleer Gardens And the remaining ones were photographed in the Peony Garden at Winterthur...
Musical Evening Still Life – New Photo
I've recently added a new still life photograph - Musical Evening - to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/musical-evening-still-life/ As I created this still life, I imagined a woman pianist returning to her dressing room after a magnificent...
Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens
I’ve had a few questions about some of the lesser-known gardens we’ll be visiting during my Photographing the Gardens of Philadelphia workshop in May. So I thought I’d share a bit about some of them here on my blog in the coming weeks. Shofuso Japanese House and...
A Few Spring Wildflowers
I'm back to working my way through the folders of unweeded and unedited photos sitting on my hard drive. Today I'm sharing a few photographs of spring wildflowers taken in early May in Delaware and Pennsylvania,. Taken at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve in New Hope,...
Birthday Memories Still Life – New Photo
I've recently added a new still life photograph - Birthday Memories - to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/birthday-memories-still-life/ As I created this still life, I imagined a woman reflecting on a long ago birthday - enjoying a cup of...
Edit Your Photos So Your Friends Say “WOW” When They See Them
One of the questions I get asked on a pretty regular basis is how do I edit my photos? And usually the person asking wants to know in what order do I do things – so I thought I’d share some info about how I approach editing a photo with you today. The first thing I do...
On the Pulpit, Cades Cove Methodist Church, Great Smoky Mountains National Park – New Photo
I've recently added a new photograph - On the Puipit, Cades Cove Methodist Church, Great Smoky Mountains National Park - to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/on-the-pulpit/ Despite the fact that families moved out of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky...