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...
A Beautiful Spring Day at Longwood Gardens
After being on the road for most of April, it’s great to be home again photographing at some of my favorite gardens. Last week I took a day to visit Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. What is now Longwood Gardens is the former estate of Pierre S. du...
Echium
While photographing at the Historic Old City Cemetery in Sacramento, I saw some spectacular large blue shrubs - and I had no clue what they were. As I got closer, and started photographing them, I realized I'd photographed something similar - all I had to do was...