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...
A Few Pink & White Tulips
2016 seems to be one of those years where the tulips in the DC area are amazing - OK they're wonderful every year - and this year they seem even a little more spectacular than usual. I've photographed all sorts of wonderful tulips recently - so I thought I'd share...
New Photo: Sunset at Assateague Light
I’ve recently added a new photo – Sunset at Assateague Light – to the shop on my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. I love visiting Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and the Assateague National Seashore - especially during the winter. I've photographed...
A Few More Thoughts About Copyright
I didn't expect to be writing about copyright issues again so soon - but after I shared my article Be Careful When Using Photos in the Public Domain – They Might Not Be! I got so many questions and comments that I thought I'd answer the most frequently asked questions...
Spring Morning at Brookside Gardens
In mid-April I spent a few hours one morning photographing at Brookside Gardens - one of my favorite local botanical gardens. Every spring, hundreds of daffodils and tulips bloom at Brookside - and this year was no different. Here are a few of the daffodils and tulips...
A Few More Spring Wildflowers
In early April I was able to return to a couple of my favorite local spots to photograph wildflowers. We'd had some pretty bad weather - cold, rain, wind and even a few snow squalls - so I wasn't sure what I'd fine. I was really happy to see the even with all the...
Six Brand New Photos on my Website
I wanted you to be the first to hear that I've added six 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. I've also brought...
Beautiful Orchids 2016 – My New Video
I'm always amazed at how many different colors, shapes and textures of orchids I see at local botanical gardens. I probably shouldn't be - since there are over 27,000 species of orchids. I've created a new video for you with some of my favorite photographs of orchids....
Peppermint Carnations
Not long before Christmas last year I found some wonderful red and white peppermint carnations at my local floral wholesaler. They seemed like the perfect flowers to photograph over the holidays. As I did with the other sets of carnations I've photographed, I found...