New Photo: Petals of a Purple and White Dahlia
I’ve recently added a new photo – Petals of a Purple & White Dahlia – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. Petals of a Purple & White Dahlia is another of the photos in my new collection of flowers photographed in the studio. When I spotted this...
Work The Scene
Have you ever stopped to photograph a great scene, and then when you got home realized that you would have had the perfect shot, if only you had gone wider, gotten in closer, been 3 feet to the left, etc? One of Bill's and my major recommendations to our students is...
Pale Pink Lilies – Arvandrud and Tabledance
I don't know about the weather where you are - but we're in the middle of a stretch of gray days with predictions of snow here in the DC area - which means I'm dreaming of summer and seeing lilies blooming in the local gardens once again. Here are a few photos of pale...
New Photo: Azaleas Among the Trees
I’ve recently added a new photo – Azaleas Among the Trees – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. Every spring I try to visit the Azalea Garden at Brighton Dam in Brookville, Maryland. It's one of the true hidden treasures in the Washington, DC area. The garden,...
Amazing Outdoor Lights for Christmas at Longwood Gardens – 2014
And here are the remaining photos I took on my night time visit to the Christmas Display at Longwood Gardens. The photos aren't great - but I think they do share the magical nature of Longwood's Christmas display at night. The Train Display Christmas lights around the...
Christmas in the Conservatory at Night – Longwood Gardens – 2014
So I managed to make one last trip to Longwood Gardens to see the Christmas display before it closed. I visited on a weekday evening - and finally got to see Longwood's Christmas display all lit up. All I can say is that it's MAGICAL!!!!! Here are some of my photos...
New Photo: Along the Fence
I’ve recently added a new photo – Along the Fence – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. Bleeding hearts (one of my favorite spring flowers) and cats - of course I'm going to photograph them together. When I saw this spectacular scene in the Children's...
Top 5 Reasons to Photograph at Chincoteague in February
Bill and I often get asked - why do we teach our landscape photography workshop at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and Assateague National Seashore in the winter? After all - we’re going to a beach - wouldn’t it be better to go in the summer? Not really -...
Dressing Up for the Holidays . . . With Photoshop
Whether its Kitty Dusty dressed up as Harry Potter or Kitty Ansel in his Santa hat, every time I post a photo of any of our cats dressed up for the holidays I always get asked "How do you do that? How do you get the cats to wear the hats and pose for you?" The secret...
New Photo: Iris Reflections
I’ve recently added a new photo – Iris Reflections – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website. Last spring I spotted some wonderful yellow flag irises along the edge of a local pond. The first photos I took that morning were of the flowers - and then a few...
Even the Outdoors is Decorated for Christmas at Longwood Gardens
With all the wonderful indoor Christmas decorations at Longwood Gardens you might think there isn't much to see outside. But you'd be wrong. Every year, Longwood's staff decorates parts of the outdoors as well One of my favorite trees every year is the Wildlife Tree....
A Little Bit More Christmas in the Conservatory at Longwood Gardens
Here they are - the last set of photos of Christmas in the Conservatory at Longwood Gardens. I'll be sharing photos of the Tree Houses and Wildlife Tree in tomorrow's blog post. Every year the display in the Exhibition Hall is amazing. This year - it featured two...