Still Lifes from a May Afternoon
One Saturday in May I spent the afternoon photographing still lifes in my studio. I started out with some vegetables from my local farmer's market Heirloom Tomatoes Peppers, Radishes and Tomatoes I applied a texture from Nadeen Flynn to this image in...
7 Points to Consider When Buying a Tripod
Wow! Thanks for the great response to last week’s newsletter about why I use a tripod. Over the weekend, several people contacted me asking what tripod I would recommend for them to get - either for flower or landscape photography. And rather than try to guess what...
A Few More Still Lifes
I thought I'd share the last few still life photos I took at a wonderful Food & Still Life photography workshop with Karen Burns and Marie Otero last month. And a few still lifes I created here in my studio at home. ...
A Few Still Lifes
I thought I'd share a few more of the still life photos I took at the workshop with Karen Burns and Marie Otero. As I looked at the unedited photos a few weeks after the workshop, I realized just how much I learned - and how much I still have to learn. So here are a...
The Top 5 Reasons I Use a Tripod
I recently taught a flower photography workshop for a gardening group. We spent a lot of time talking about tripods and why I used one. I realized that I’d shared that same info a few years ago in a blog post. I thought I’d reshare it today for those of you are...
Spring at Longwood Gardens II
I spent a wonderful day photographing at Longwood Gardens earlier this month. I'd gone up to Kennett Square in search of tulips. I was a little late for peak tulip bloom but I did find lots of flowers to photograph - including a few tulips. I shared a few of my photos...
Spring at Longwood Gardens
I spent a wonderful day photographing at Longwood Gardens earlier this month. I'd gone up to Kennett Square in search of tulips. I was a little late for peak tulip bloom but I did find lots of flowers to photograph - including a few tulips. I thought I'd share some of...
Editing A Bleeding Hearts Photo from Start to Finish
A couple of months ago, I shared how I edited one of my landscape photographs from start to finish. Several people asked me shortly thereafter how do I edit my flower photographs? And do I do it differently than I edit my landscape photographs. The answer is - I...
Tomatoes & Peppers – Still Life
Inspired by what I learned at the Still Life and Food Photography workshop I took last month with Karen Burns and Marie Otero, I've decided to try doing some still life photography and see where it goes. I'm starting out with fairly simple setups - grabbing a few...
Petals of a Peaches & Dreams Dahlia – New Photo
I’ve recently added a photograph Petals of a Peaches & Dreams Dahlia to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/dahliapeachesdreamspetals/ It is available matted to 12″X20″ for $ 84.00 or 16″X24″ for $ 134. Just from the name alone – Peaches...
Azaleas, Irises and Dogwood
While I was in California last month, I spent a wonderful few hours at the Jensen Botanical Garden in Carmichael, California. I found some wonderful azaleas, irises and dogwood to photograph. All the photos were taken with my Lensbaby Velvet 56 lens. ...
Petals of a Purple Rain Dahlia – New Photo
I’ve recently added a photograph Petals of a Purple Rain Dahlia to my website at https://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/dahliapurplerainpetals/ It is available matted to 12″X20″ for $ 84.00 or 16″X24″ for $ 134. As I looked at this Purple Rain Dahlia in the...