New Photo: Yolaporte Chrysanthemums
I’ve recently added a new photo – Yolaporte Chrysanthemums – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. My new Yolaport Chrysanthemums photo is actually a re-edit and re-crop of a photo I took a few years ago. I'd photographed this group of spoon mums with an...
Oak Alley at Wormsloe Historic Site
Have you seen photos of those amazing southern roads with an arch of fern covered trees and spanish moss over them? I've been seeing photos like that for years and finally had a chance to photograph an Oak Alley on my recent trip to Georgia. One of my first stops on...
Japanese Camellias – camellia japonica
A few months ago during a visit to Longwood Gardens I photographed several varieties of Japanese Camellias. Japanese Camellias (camellia japonica) are winter-blooming members of the Theaceae family. Originally native to China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan, these wonderful...
New Photo: Zodiac Gerbera Daisy
I’ve recently added a new photo – Zodiac Gerbera Daisy – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. My Zodiac Gerbera Daisy photo is a companion photo to my Fusion Gerbera Daisy photo. Both are close-up studio photographs of wonderful brightly colored...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
I don’t know about you but I’ve noticed that I have my go-to camera gear and settings that I use most of the time when I’m photographing flowers and landscapes. Chances are I have my Canon 5DMarkIII body and four lenses - 16-35 mm, 24-105mm, 70-200 mm and my 100mm...
Blue Phlox – phlox divaricata
Blue Phlox (phlox divaricata) is one of my favorite spring wildflowers. I love seeing the clusters of delicate blue flowers in the woods in the spring. A member of the polemoniacaea (phlox) family, Blue Phlox is native almost everywhere east of the Missisippi River in...
New Photo: Texas Wildflowers in the Wind
I’ve recently added a new photo – Texas Wildflowers in the Wind – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. Texas Wildflowers in the Wind is the second wildflower photograph from my 2014 trip to Texas that is available as a matted print. It features two of the...
A Few Yellow Tulips
Spring has definitely arrived in the DC area. Crocuses and daffodils are blooming - and it won't be long until I start seeing tulips at the local gardens. As we're all waiting for the tulips to bloom this spring, I thought I'd share a few photos of some yellow tulips...
New Photos: Purple Kale
I’ve recently added a set of three new photos – Purple Kale I, Purple Kale II and Purple Kale III – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. As one of those people who in general doesn’t like kale – you can imagine how surprised I was to discover that...
Flame Azaleas – Rhododendron calendulaceum
Flame Azaleas (rhododendron calendulaceum) are one of the wonderful native azaleas found in the eastern United States. It is known for it's colorful blossoms that range in color from pale yellows to apricots to bright oranges and reds. The flowers on the flame azaleas...
New Photo: Tower of Jewels Echium
I’ve recently added a new photo – Tower of Jewels Echium – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. My new Tower of Jewels Echium photo is actually a re-edit and re-crop of a photo I took in 2009. When I first photographed the Tower of Jewels Echium I loved the...
Smoky Mountain Wildflowers
After I shared my Top 5 Reasons to Photograph in the Smokies in the Spring I had a few people asking me what is so special about the wildflowers in the Smokies in the spring. Instead of telling you all about them, I realized the easiest way for me to explain was to...