New Photo: Iris Petals
I’ve recently added a new photo – Iris Petals – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. I love Siberian Irises. Usually when I photograph them I'm trying to capture the beauty of a single flower - or perhaps a group of them. Recently, while photographing some...
A Few Smoky Mountain Wildflowers
As I was looking through the huge (and I do mean huge) pile of photos that I haven't weeded, much less edited or shared on my hard drive - I found some of my wildflower photos from my trip to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from last spring. One of the...
Photos from the Road: Views from Steptoe Butte
Last month I spent a fantastic week photographing in the Palouse region of Washington State. I shared a number of photos on my FB profile during the trip - and just realized I'd never shared them here on my blog. The Palouse is a wheat growing region in eastern...
New Photo: Live Oak Alley
I’ve recently added a new photo – Live Oak Alley – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. One of the goals for my trip to Savannah, Georgia earlier this year was to photograph one of the amazing Live Oak Alleys the region is known for. Of the Live Oak...
How To Know Where To Go: My Top 5 Ways to Scout Photo Locations Before Leaving Home
I love heading out to photograph in new locations. So far this year I’ve taken photo trips to Savannah, Georgia, Charleston, South Carolina, the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and the Palouse in Washington State. One challenge I always face when I’m planning a trip to a...
Gerbera Daisies in the Studio
I was looking back through some of the photos I haven't shared here on my blog and realized I had some photos of Gerbera Daisies that were still sitting unedited and unshared on my hard drive. These are some photos I took in my studio earlier this year. Hope you enjoy...
New Photo: Water Lily Leaves
I’ve recently added a new photo – Water Lily Leaves – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. I usually photograph water lilies several times a year at gardens in the DC area. And when I do - I usually compose my photos with one of the water lily blossoms as the...
Columbine
One of my favorite flowers to photograph in the spring are columbine (Aquilegia a member of the Rannuculus family). I love seeing the native columbine Aquilegia canadensis in the woods and along the roadsides. Several of the gardens in the DC area have wonderful...
Roses at Manito Gardens Park in Spokane, Washington
On my last morning in Washington I spent a few hours at the Manito Park Gardens in Spokane (by now - you know if I'm travelling somewhere I'm going to look for a botanical garden to photograph!). One of the highlights of the gardens was the rose garden. Not only was...
Abstracts from Palouse, Washington
I recently took a workshop with Art Wolfe in the Palouse Region of Washington state. For those of you who are familiar with Art, you can probably guess why I was so excited to take a workshop with him. I expected we'd spend most of our time photographing landscapes -...
New Photo: Pink and Yellow Tulips
I’ve recently added a new photo – Pink and Yellow Tulips – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. One of the flowers that shouts springtime in the DC area are the tulips. They usually bloom in mid-April and bloom through the beginning of May. Several of...
Colors of Peru – 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival – Part 2
I thought I'd share more of my photos from the 2015 Smithsonian Folklife Festival featuring the cultures of Peru. In addition to the colorful painted metalwork I shared in my last post, I saw several other examples of very colorful crafts created at the festival....