Christmas at Longwood Gardens 2015
Every year one of my favorite December traditions is to visit Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania to their Christmas display. In 1906, Pierre du Pont purchased a farm in Kennett Square, in part to preserve the woods on the property. Within a few years, he...
Sheldon Church Ruins, Yemansee, South Carolina
One of the places I'd hoped to photograph when I was in South Carolina in March was the ruins of the Old Sheldon Church in Yemansee, South Carolina. Unfortunately - the directions I had for finding the ruins weren't very good - and I never found it. When I returned to...
Poinsettias 2015 – Part 4
Here are the last few poinsettia photos I forget to post last year - I'm putting more than usual in this post - or else I won't get all these wonderful poinsettias posted in time to share all the new ones I'm photographing this month 🙂 Princetta Pink Poinsettia...
Top 5 Tips for Photographing Christmas Lights
Outdoor Christmas lights can be one of the toughest scenes to photograph well. All too often, photos come out too dark, too light, blurry, fuzzy or just plain don’t work. The combination of bright lights and dark backgrounds can make correct exposure a challenge. One...
Dahlias 2015 – Part 7
I’m back to sharing some of the dahlias I photographed at the Philadelphia Dahlia Society Show at Longwood Gardens in September. In case you missed the ones I’ve already shared – you can see them in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 of my Dahlias...
Poinsettias 2015 – Part 3
Continuing with the poinsettia photos I forget to post last year - I'm putting more than usual in this post and the next - or else I won't get all these wonderful poinsettias posted in time to share all the new ones I'm photographing this month 🙂 EK5010 Poinsettia...
Top 5 Reasons to Photograph at Chincoteague in the Winter
Bill and I often get asked - why do we teach our Winter’s Beauty at Chincoteague and Assateauge workshop in the winter? After all - we’re going to a beach - wouldn’t it be better to go in the summer? Not really - winter is actually my favorite time of year to head...
Karma Irene Dahlias
Recently I bought a bunch of Karma Irene Dahlias at my local floral warehouse. What caught my eye was the incredible shades of orange and yellow in the bold beautiful flowers. I had a great time photographing them in my studio. Here are a few of my favorite photos of...
Poinsettias 2015 – Part 2
Continuing with the poinsettia photos I took last year and forgot to post . . . Here are the first few alphabetically (I know - not a very creative way to organize & share them . . . ) I'll share a few...
Santa Claus Poinsettias – Poinsettias 2015 Part 1
So as I was putting together my Daily Moments of Beauty for December - I realized I couldn't find any blog posts with poinsettias from last December. I knew I'd photographed some amazing flowers - but it turns out - I'd never edited them and shared them. So it looks...
Dahlias 2015 – part 6
I’m back to sharing some of the dahlias I photographed at the Philadelphia Dahlia Society Show at Longwood Gardens last month. In case you missed the ones I’ve already shared – you can see them in Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 of my Dahlias 2015 Blog...
New Photo: Middle Prong Little River, GSMNP
I’ve recently added a new photo – Middle Prong Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. As you may know, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is my favorite national park - and spring is my favorite time...