A Tropical Clearing Full of Orchids
For the past few years, Longwood Gardens has created some amazing miniature landscapes as part of their annual Orchid Extravaganza. In 2016, they designed a tropical clearing full of orchids. What they did was create streams, and meadows and fill them with orchid...
New Photo: Peppermint Carnations
I’ve recently added a new photo – Peppermint Carnations – to the shop on my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. One of the things I’ve discovered I love about photographing flowers in the my studio is that I can create close-up images of just parts of the...
Beautiful Roses
When I'm photographing at a garden, I'm often limited in how close I can get to the flowers, and what angles I can photograph them from. Another challenge is damage to the flowers from wind, rain, bugs, etc. Sometimes it's just really frustrating to see a photo in my...
Dune & Adventure Gerbera Daisies
I recently found two bouquets of gerbera daisies at my local grocery store that when I saw them I knew I had to photograph them. The first set were Adventure Gerbera Daisies - bright yellow flowers with a bit of orange near the center. The second set were Dune Gerbera...
Akebono Tulips
One of my favorite tulips I've photographed are the Flaming Parrot Tulips. I recently found some Akebono Double Late Tulips at a local garden that reminded me of the Flaming Parrot Tulips -and were just as much fun to photograph. The patterns I found in the red and...
New Photo: Pam Howden Dahlia
I’ve recently added a new photo – Pam Howden Dahlia – to the shop on my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. I’ve seen and photographed the amazing Pam Howden Dahlias on several occassions but was never completely happy with my photographs. Last fall, I...
A Spectacular Tulip Season
Tulips are always one of my favorite spring flowers to photograph. And this year several local gardens had spectacular tulip displays which meant I had a wonderful photographing tulips this spring. Since I know many of you are also tulip fans, I thought I'd share some...
More Photos from the Unitarian Church in Charleston, South Carolina
I recently shared some photos I took in the cemetery of the Unitarian Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Today, I thought I'd share some of my photos of the interior of the church with you today. The Unitarian Church in Charleston dates back to the 1770s when it...
Spring Morning at Greenspring Gardens
In mid-April, I spent a wonderful morning photographing at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia. Like most of the gardens, Green Spring has flowers and plants to photograph most of the year. In the spring - Green Spring really shines. Mid-April through Mid-May...
New Photo: Star Campanella Rose
I’ve recently added a new photo – Star Campanella Rose – to the shop on my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. What can I say – other than WOW!!!!! When I saw the Star Campanella Roses at my local floral wholesaler I knew I had to get them and photograph...
Working the Scene: This Time with Flowers
A few months ago I shared an article about Working the Scene where I talked about trying different compositions when you're in the field photographing the landscape. Since then, I've gotten a few questions asking if I do the same thing when photographing flowers. And...
A Few More Tulips 🙂
Continuing sharing some of the wonderful tulips I've had a chance to photograph this year. Not sure what to say - other than I feel so lucky to be able to spend my time photographing all of these beautiful flowers. Abba Tulips A bed of Candy Prince Tulips...