Tag: Botanical Photography
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What about black and white? Lessons from Christal Hermitage Gardens. Chapter 3.
A visit to Chrystal Hermitage Gardens yielded an interesting tulip pose, but no black and white photographs
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Zooming in the Foxtail Agave, while thinking about Marcus Aurelius and time
Zooming into the Foxtail Agave while reading the Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius
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From bright orange”Folded in” to monochrome “Wabi-Sabi”, the closed flowers of the California Poppy against the sky
After photographing the closed flowers of the California poppy against the sky, I endeavored to convert my photos to black and white. I show how I work in layers, and write about accepting imperfections in one’s work as a way of enriching it.
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Photographing the Foxtail Agave, chapter two: inspiration in The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius
Finding inspiration to process photos of the Foxtail Agave while reading Marcus Aurelius’ thoughts.
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Photographing the Foxtail Agave, and how I found inspiration in Seneca’s stoicism
I found inspiration for a new photography project on the Foxtail Agave after reading Seneca’s “On the shortness of life”.
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Dogwood portrait, 2022, at the upcoming PBS KVIE Art Auction
This year’s submission to the kvie arts auction.
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Milkweed seedpod macrophotography at the UC Davis Arboretum (California, USA) using an off camera speedlight
I show how I photograph milkweed seed pods with the help of a speed light.
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Swamp Milkweed seed pods – the engineer’s approach
Alessandra has recently posted a couple of examples of very artistic images of Swamp milkweed seeds and that reminded me of a walk I made around a small lake in Northern Virginia way back in 2013, and I was amazed to see these large pods on the ground which, when…
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Landscape or portrait orientation? On the art of procrastinating boring tasks
My weekended plan was to investigate Mailchimp, but I ended up spending all my time shooting Agave plants, then investigating how to best present its curve.
It is all about the light 