Showing posts for ' flower photography'. Clear search
Happy 2025! An Exciting Learning Opportunity!
January 12, 2025 - Happy 2025 to you all! I wish you all a wonderful year ahead filled with awe, wonder, and beautiful memories with family...
Read the Full Post »
Exciting Learning Opportunities
October 03, 2024 - Happy Fall to you all! I hope you had a summer filled with beautiful flowers and photographic opportunities. It was a bu...
Read the Full Post »
Exciting News! Out of of Chicago 2023 Garden Conferences
July 18, 2022 - I hope you are enjoying the summer and finding lots of opportunities for photographing flowers and plants.
I am excited...
Read the Full Post »
Out of Chicago Botanic Garden Conference and the New Lensbaby Obscura
June 24, 2021 - Hello friends!
I hope the summer is bringing you many opportunities for photography as life begins to return to normalc...
Read the Full Post »
Lensbaby Conference Presentation - Finding Your Heart
December 21, 2020 - If you were unable to attend the Lensbaby Conference on December 8-10, here is a link to the YouTube video of my present...
Read the Full Post »
Updates and Recent Articles on the Visual Wilderness Website
October 22, 2019 - Dahlia, Lensbaby Velvet 56mm
Happy fall to everyone! I'm embarrassed to admit I haven't written a blog post since the s...
Read the Full Post »
Creative Flower Photography, An Illustrated Guide to the Magic of Lensbaby Lenses
February 14, 2019 - My new eBook is available for purchase now at Visual Wilderness. Through March 7th you can buy the book at 20% off for $...
Read the Full Post »
Igniting Creativity Using Lensbaby Lenses - the Velvet 56mm and Velvet 85mm
January 22, 2019 - I enjoy writing articles for the wonderful learning community Visual Wilderness. This month my article talks about my tw...
Read the Full Post »
Out of Longwood Photography Conference, August 19-23
January 16, 2019 - I am excited to be an instructor again at the second annual Flower and Garden Photography Conference at Longwood Gardens...
Read the Full Post »
Article on Visual Wilderness - Macro Photography: Slow Down to Create Impact and Emotion
September 29, 2018 - I am so honored to be a contributing author at Visual Wilderness, to be sharing my ideas among so many incredible photog...
Read the Full Post »
How to Capture Stunning Waterlily Photos - Post on Visual Wilderness
July 31, 2018 - Please enjoy my most recent article on the Visual Wilderness blog: How to Capture Stunning Waterlily Photos.
The waterl...
Read the Full Post »
Waterlilies and Lotuses in Bloom
July 08, 2018 - Let me catch my breath! It's been a whirlwind of conferences and travel since mid-May and I'm having a hard time wrappin...
Read the Full Post »
Crabapples in Bloom
May 16, 2018 - The Crabapples along the Lakeside Garden path and circling the Great Basin are in full bloom now. Begin by entering the...
Read the Full Post »
Out of Chicago Summer Conference and Workshop at Garfield Park Conservatory
May 09, 2018 - The Out of Chicago Summer Conference is quickly approaching. I'm excited to be teaching two Lensbaby classes during the...
Read the Full Post »
Bloom Update at Chicago Botanic Garden
April 12, 2018 - A brief update on what's in bloom at Chicago Botanic Garden. Lots of ups and downs in temperature the past two weeks, an...
Read the Full Post »
Article on Selective Focus at Visual Wilderness
April 04, 2018 - I am a contributing author for Visual Wilderness. This wonderful website, run by Jay and Varina Patel, is full of resour...
Read the Full Post »
Crocuses in Bloom on Evening Island
March 31, 2018 - I know that spring has finally arrived when the crocuses start to blanket the hillside on Evening Island at Chicago Bota...
Read the Full Post »
Introducing Nymphaea 'Garfield Park'
March 29, 2018 - I visited Garfield Park Conservatory on Monday to photograph the flowers in their Spring Flower Show. Thank goodness for...
Read the Full Post »
The Flower and Garden Photography Conference
February 27, 2018 - I am excited to announce Out of Chicago's first ever Flower and Garden Photography Conference! We've been dreaming about...
Read the Full Post »
A Trip to Longwood Gardens
October 31, 2017 - Oh my goodness! I have been so lax in my blog posts this fall. I just realized I hadn't posted anything since August! It...
Read the Full Post »
Atlas Moths at the Chicago Botanic Garden
July 21, 2017 - This is my 5th year photographing the butterflies at the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit for Chicago Botanic Garden. I de...
Read the Full Post »
Lens Review for the Lensbaby Velvet 85mm
July 20, 2017 - Hello Friends! Lensbaby asked me to do a review of the Velvet 85mm for their blog and you can read it here.
So many peo...
Read the Full Post »
The New Lensbaby Velvet 85mm
June 28, 2017 - Yesterday Lensbaby finally launched the new Velvet 85mm lens. I was honored to be asked by Lensbaby to beta test the len...
Read the Full Post »
Some Tulip Favorites - A Feast for the Eyes!
May 12, 2017 - This spring the tulips at Chicago Botanic Garden have been extraordinary. When I photograph flowers, I am on the lookout...
Read the Full Post »
Lensbaby Blog Post
May 11, 2017 - Lensbaby Velvet 56mm
I was thrilled to be asked to write an article on flower photography for the Lensbaby blog. It is...
Read the Full Post »
The Magic of Lensbaby
November 05, 2016 - I've just opened a gallery on my website called The Magic of Lensbaby. Given my great love of Lensbaby lenses - lenses t...
Read the Full Post »
Summer in Full Bloom
July 09, 2016 - For many the summer might seem to be half over, but for me it feels like it has just begun. The first part of the summer...
Read the Full Post »
The Tulips of Holland
May 05, 2016 - Holland, Michigan, that is! Believe me, it's on my bucket list to visit The Netherlands during tulip season, but for now...
Read the Full Post »
Tips on Photographing Tulips
April 22, 2016 - The blooming of tulips always means that spring is firmly here and our long, cold winter is behind us. Spring is my favo...
Read the Full Post »
Ranunculus in Bloom
April 19, 2016 - One of my many favorite flowers to photograph in spring is ranunculus, more commonly known as Persian buttercup. They ar...
Read the Full Post »
Garfield Park Conservatory
January 12, 2016 - Winter in Chicago feels like it goes on forever and for those of us who are passionate about photographing flowers and p...
Read the Full Post »
Lensbaby Velvet 56mm Lens
December 09, 2015 - Last spring as the tulips were emerging the Lensbaby Velvet 56mm lens was released. I hopped right on board and ordered...
Read the Full Post »
Victoria WaterLily
August 17, 2015 - The Victoria waterlilies are in bloom in the Heritage Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Many buds have already opene...
Read the Full Post »
What's in Bloom?
July 31, 2015 - So, what's in bloom at Chicago Botanic Garden? The answer is EVERYTHING! We went from a chilly, rainy start to our summe...
Read the Full Post »
'Out of Chicago' Article - Capturing the Holidays at the Chicago Botanic Garden
December 13, 2014 - Enjoy my latest article on outofchicago.com - Capturing the Holidays at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The Garden is a magi...
Read the Full Post »
The Last of the Waterlilies
November 05, 2014 - Most of the colorful leaves have fallen, the mums and fall gardens have been pulled out to make way for bulb plantings a...
Read the Full Post »