Beautiful Parrot Tulips
In recent years I've become a big fan of the parrot tulips. I just love all the colors and textures in the curly, twisted petals. I photographed a few types of parrot tulips at the end of tulip season in the DC area - I thought I'd share those photos with you today....
New Photo: Sunserba Cineraria
I’ve recently added a new photo – Sunserba Cineraria – to the shop on my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. I love photographing members of the aster family – there’s just something about the round shape, the elongated petals and the solid centers...
The Top 5 Reasons I Use a Tripod
When I'm out photographing I'm always surprised when people ask me why I still use a tripod. After all, in the digital age, we have image stabilized lenses and cameras that can shoot at very high ISO's - so some people think we don't still need to use a tripod. At...
Three Brand New Photos on my Website
I wanted you to be the first to hear that I’ve added three new photos to my website. I’ll be blogging about them in the weeks to come – but in the meantime – here they are if you’d like to take a look. And don't forget I’ve brought back several of my...
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...