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...
Dreaming of Flowers Still Life – New Photo
I've recently added a new still life photograph - Dreaming of Flowers - to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/dreaming-of-flowers-still-life-1/ As I created this still life, I imagined a flower lover planning ahead for next summer's garden. She...
Introducing Seven New Photographs
In the spring, summer and fall, I try to spend as much time as I can out photographing. Which means come winter, I spend more time in the studio and at the computer editing photos. I’ve added seven new photographs to my website in the past few weeks. Five are new...