Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. From its origins in Kyoto more than a millenia ago, this is an art form that has evolved within a formal tradition…
As many of you know, I love to create mandalas on my light box using flowers. The idea behind Solar Rotation Mandala was to create a "solar system" circling the central…
Both images were photographed just now in my garden on the summer solstice, with the sun just setting below the horizon. I used my Leica M11 Monochrom with the Novoflex…
I've talked---and written---about designing a structure behind an apparently free-form image. With flower photography on a light box, possible forms this structure can take include a bouquet, a garden patch…
Mostly the irises in my garden have already bloomed for the year. But this one is an exception! And exceptional! I love the textures and folds in this wonderful flower.…
How wonderful to come home to my garden in full bloom! Ah, but the flowers are almost overwhelming...so much color, so much growth. I am greeted by hummingbirds. They hover…
There is something about the wisteria in the French spring that seems particularly stylish. Not that there is anything wrong with our wisteria at home. In fact, my garden has…
In the garden we now have a variety of ranunculus in bloom. These are a joy to photograph because every ranunculus is different. Just like people, no two are alike.…
This is the time of year when my garden starts to come alive. Each day brings delight and new surprises, from the flocks of freesias and iris in the front…
Well, flowers are magical. So is nature, and so are people. Of course, with light comes darkness, and without the contrast we would not grasp the magic of the moment…
Sometimes a limited palette of colors can actually seem more colorful than a full spectrum of rainbow colors. As a case in point, consider these two compositions, limited to a…
Rhapsody in Tulip is my last 2023 image in the Artfully Random series. As I look back, this image speaks to me with its sense of color and rhythm: a…
A bouquet of luscious white roses came home one day. The interior curves of these roses attracted me with their grace and serenity, and I decided to photograph them close-up…
I have been photographing Irises close-up and personal. Irises are wonderful flowers, and I come back to them quite a bit. With these images, I used a simple setup with…
I've written about looking through my viewfinder with a macro lens on the camera and navigating a new country. The topography and contours of this "country" are unknown, and it…
Yesterday I spent most of my day building a mandala from flower petals on my light box. I used petals from alstroemeria, chrysanthemum, gerbera, some lobelia from the garden, and…
I am proud to have five of my images reproduced in 2024 as United States postage stamps. As you can see, these are "miscellaneous" low denomination stamps, with values of…
I have been photographing some stunning white peonies. For this flower, the internal cluster is in a pretty unusual formation. Part of the idea of photographing this flower on the…