Beautiful Flowers

Beautiful Flowers

Here are some of the flower photos I've edited recently. I hope you enjoy seeing these wonderful flowers 🙂 Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania   Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia Seneca Creek State Park, Gaithersburg, Maryland  ...

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Orange Tulip

Orange Tulip

    This is another photograph in my series of flowers photographed as portraits with custom backgrounds designed to highlight what I see as the personality of the flowers. When I saw how the petals on this tulip were opening up, she struck me as an...

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The Beauty of Fall

The Beauty of Fall

Ok - so I'm giving up on trying to organize posts by subject - and will just do it by season at least for a while. There are lots of posts with just a few photos lined up - and at the rate I'm going - I may never get enough photos for an entire post dedicated to a...

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Orange Romeo Carnation

Orange Romeo Carnation

This is another photograph in my series of  flowers photographed as portraits with custom backgrounds designed to highlight what I see as the personality of the flowers. When I saw these amazing carnations at the store, they reminded me of so many strong women I know...

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Zoe Celesta West

Zoe Celesta West

I've been lucky enough to photograph Zoe Celesta West on two different occasions: the first, at a workshop with Marie Otero, and the second in our studio in Bethesda. I'm looking forward to working with Zoe again once we're able reopen our studio and it's safe for...

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Daffodil

Daffodil

  This is another photograph in my series of  flowers photographed as portraits with custom backgrounds designed to highlight what I see as the personality of the flowers. To me, daffodils have always been the bright happy flowers signifying the coming of spring,...

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Gazelle Powers

Gazelle Powers

In December 2019, I had the chance to work with Gazelle Powers, a local fine-art figure model. I shared my ideas for my Kodak Girls inspired series with her and she arrived for our session full of ideas, and with some wonderful outfits. I can't wait to work with...

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Apple Snickerdoodle Muffins

Apple Snickerdoodle Muffins

Another photo in my I'm So Bored I'm Baking series - Apple Snickerdoodle Muffins. The muffins are full of apples and cinnamon sugar and topped with a brown sugar swirl - a perfect muffin in the fall when local apples are ripe Background texture from French Kiss...

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Wayne Sequoyah Bladen

Wayne Sequoyah Bladen

Bill and I had the pleasure of working with Wayne Sequoyah Bladen not long before we had to close our studio for in-person sessions due to Covid. I've recently edited the photos from a wonderfully fun afternoon in the studio with Wayne.   An Edwardian gentleman...

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