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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Photos from the Studio
Here are some photos I've recently created in my studio
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...
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...
Coffee and Biscuits
Another photo in my I'm so bored I'm baking series. Is there a better way to start your day than with a cup of coffee and a plate full of biscuits fresh from the oven? Background texture from French Kiss Textures. Steam overlays from Karen Burns.
Photos from the Studio
Here are some flower and still photographs that I've recently created in my studio Flowers Still Lifes