In the Studio: A Few More Dahlias
Continuing with the dahlias in the studio from last week - the same week I photographed the It's a Girl and Peach and White Dahlias, I photographed some wonderful red and red/yellow dahlias. For the Red and yellow dahlia, I had fun trying to capture the texture and...
American Dogwood – Cornus Florida
One of my favorite scenes in the spring is seeing a beautiful white dogwood tree (cornus florida) in full bloom in the woods. There is just something incredible about seeing the crisp white blossoms against the greens and browns of the woods. I spotted this...
Mountain Forget-Me-Not – myosotis asiatica
One of the beautiful wildflowers I discovered at Yellowstone National Park a few years ago was Mountain Forget-Me-Not (myosotis asiatica). The delicate little blue flowers were wonderful to see in the grand landscapes of Yellowstone. Also known as Asiatic or Woods...
In the Studio: Peach and White and It’s a Girl Dahlias
In my continuing adventures photographing flowers in the studio - I've been really lucky to find some wonderful dahlias at the local farmer's markets. Wollam Gardens is a local flower farm with booths at the Saturday Kensington market and the Sunday Bethesda market....
Pink Lady’s Slipper – Cypripedium acaule
Ahh - the Pink Lady's Slipper. So many people I've met over the years have shared such wonderful stories with me about how they used to go into the woods with their grandmothers to look for the Pink Lady's Slippers each spring. I'd only seen Pink Lady's Slippers once...
More Sunflowers from McKee Beshers Wildlife Management Area
This year the sunflowers at McKee Beshers Wildlife Management Area in Poolesville, Maryland bloomed at two different times. The first field bloomed in mid-July, and then a second field of sunflower bloomed at the end of July/beginning of August. Here are some of my...
In the Studio: Bicolor Roses
My next photo subjects in my studio were a pair of bicolor roses. And boy did I learn a lot from this pair. I'm not particularly happy with the photos from this shoot - not sure why but I don't feel like I captured the beauty of the flowers. One thing I did learn from...
Yellow Columbine – Aquilegia Chrysantha var. Hinkleyana
Columbine is one of my favorite wildflower. I have photographed several native varieties of this magnificent member of the buttercup family - including the Eastern Red Columbine, the Colorado Blue Columbine, and the Yellow Columbine that grows Montana and Wyoming....
A Few Native Sunflowers
Everybody seems to know and love the big yellow flowers we all think of when you mention sunflowers. And there is nothing like photographing a field full of sunflowers. I'm lucky enough to do that almost every summer. In addition to the traditional cultivated...
In the Studio: Purple and White Dahlia
Continuing my adventures in photographing flowers under the studio lights . . . after photographing the gerbera daisies, I started working with a lovely purple and white dahlia I bought at the farmer's market from my favorite flower farm Wollam Gardens. For some the...
Fireweed – Chamerion Angustifolium
What is better than a single pink-purple wildflower? How about a big patch or even a field full of them? One of the wonderful western wildflowers I've seen in several locations is Fireweed (Chamerion Angustifolium). I found this patch of fireweed at Yellowstone...
It’s All in Your Vision for Your Photos
Not long ago I got a message on Facebook complimenting me on my photos and asking me what kind of camera I used. I responded with info about my cameras and made a comment about how in my opinion the camera is just a tool and what makes a photograph good is the vision...