In the Orchid Meadow
For the past few years, Longwood Gardens has created some amazing miniature landscapes as part of their annual Orchid Extravaganza. In 2015, they designed an orchid meadow. What they did was create streams, and meadows and fill them with orchid plants in various parts...
Be Careful When Using Photos in the Public Domain – They Might Not Be!
This blog post is going to be a little different - rather that sharing my photos or tips to help you take better photos, I’m writing about copyright infringement and a disturbing new trend I’m seeing where people who are trying to do the right thing when it comes to...
Cemetery at the Unitarian Church in Charleston, South Carolina
In a little more than a year, I've made several trips to South Carolina and Georgia as I planned for my Springtime in the South photo tour. One of the places I found myself returning to again and again with the cemetery at the Unitarian Church in Charleston. There was...
Spray Carnations
A couple weeks ago I shared several photos of some Antigua Carnations that I had photographed in my studio. In that post, I mentioned that I’d photographed more sets of carnations and just needed to some editing to be able to share them with you. So as promised –...
Carnation Abstracts
I’ve always thought of carnations as those flowers that you get to match your dress/your date’s tie when you’re attending your high school prom in the 1970s. And since I’ve never seen them growing in the DC area, I hadn’t photographed any carnations. And then late...
Bluebells and Spring Beauty at Bull Run
One of the sure signs of spring in the DC area is the blooming of the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin. And for wildflowers lovers - we know that about 10 days after the cherry blossoms bloom - it's time to start looking for the Virginia Bluebells at Bull Run...
Magnificent Magnolias
I recently made a quick trip to Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia to see what was in bloom - and saw that one of their wonderful saucer magnolia trees was still blooming. And when I got home, I took a lot at my to-be-weeded pile of photos - and found a few...
Top 5 Tips for Taking Great Close Up Photos of Flowers
Spring is in full bloom here in the Washington DC area - even if we are having a bit of a cold spell this week. I can still see a few cherry blossoms on the tree in my front yard, the Virginia Bluebells are blooming at local parks and tulips are blooming at local...
I Came Home to Spring!
I'm back from the Springtime in the South photo tour to Savannah and Charleston - and happily photographing spring flowers here at home. When I left, daffodils were just starting to bloom in the DC area - how they're in full bloom everywhere. The cherry blossoms have...
Antigua Carnations
A while back I shared several photos of some Viana Carnations that I had photographed in my studio. In that post, I mentioned that I'd photographed more sets of carnations and just needed to some editing to be able to share them with you. So as promised - here's the...
Grand Opening Sale – Save 20% until April 15
If you’ve been to my website recently, you might have noticed the changes I have made to make it easier for you to find and purchase your favorite photographs. Now you’ll be able to easily: See my latest photos at http://beautifulflowerpictures.com/store/new-photos-2/...
Photographing Flowers in the Studio Workshop
Have you ever wanted to learn about studio lighting in a fun relaxing atmosphere? Join Bill and me for an introductory workshop on photographing flowers under studio lights. We’ll be working with both continuous lighting and studio flash units - not only will we...