A Few Spring Daffodils
OK - so it's not spring - but I just sorted through some of my daffodil photos from earlier this year and thought I'd share them with you. I don't know about you - but daffodils make me smile whenever I see them.
New Photo: Graveyard Angel
I’ve recently added a new photo – Graveyard Angel – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. From watching movies and reading books many of us have an image of Southern cemeteries as places with ornate statues on graves, dogwoods, azaleas and lots of Spanish Moss....
Lisianthus in the Studio
Not long ago I bought some purple and white lisianthus blossoms at the local farmers market and took them into my studio. I loved seeing all the layers of petals in the flowers. Here are a couple of my photos of the lisianthus. As I photographed them, I realized I...
Photos from the Road: The Palouse
Last week I shared some of my photos taken from Steptoe Butte in the Palouse region of Washington State. Today, I thought I'd share some of my other photos from the region. Most of these were taken from the side of the road. I spent days driving the roads looking for...
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...