Peonies
Peonies on White (bottom) is a photo composite created from 18 individual 36MP captures on a light box photographed for transparency. Peonies on Black (top) is an LAB L-channel adjustment (an…
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May 28, 2016
Remains of the Clematis
What happens when the bloom on the clematis fades? When the leaves fall off, and all that is left is the wabi-sabi of the central flower core? Shown here photographed…
May 15, 2016
Back to the Flowers
I've been in Europe (rural southwestern France, and then Paris) for most of the past month, which has blissfully enabled me to avoid American politics. Except when I admitted to…
May 14, 2016
Recent Flower Images
Before I leave for France later this week I wanted to blog a few of my recent flower photos. Enjoy!
April 11, 2016
Ranunculi in a Blue Bowl
Ranunculi is the plural of ranunculus and I think makes a better plural for this wonderful flower than "ranunculuses." By whatever plural form, Ranunculi in a Blue Bowl forms the third…
April 9, 2016
Kerry’s Bouquet
It's a great pleasure to have a surprise bouquet of flowers show up on our front porch---perhaps particularly when one has really done nothing to merit the sumptuous arrangement. If…
April 8, 2016
Spring Wreath
Here's a spring wreath of flowers composed on my light box for you to enjoy! Happy spring! Interested in how I made this image? Please consider my Photographing Flowers for…
April 6, 2016
Clematis in a Blue Bowl
I photographed Clematis in a Blue Bowl as a companion piece to Orchids in a Blue Bowl, shown far below and (with exposure and processing information) in this blog story.
March 25, 2016
Clematis, and tulips, and irises, Oh My!
Exposure data: Photographed on a light box with a Nikon D810, MC-36A remote release, and Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 ZF-mount. Two panels, combined horizontally. Each panel comprised of 7 exposures…
March 23, 2016
Wheel of Flowers
This is a fairly regular, patterned image using cymbidium orchids on the outer most ring. Daffodils are next, with irises forming the inner circle around a single red tulip blossom.…
March 10, 2016
Learning to Photograph Flowers for Transparency (article on Pixsy blog)
I've written an article now posted on the Pixsy blog about my technique for photographing flowers for transparency on a light box: What are the steps to mastering the process? Surprisingly,…
January 21, 2016
Stargazer Lilies
I photographed these Stargazer Lilies on a light box to show them on a white background. With one version (above) I added them in Photoshop to a scanned paper background.…
January 17, 2016
Pentaptych of Tulip Petals
Inspecting some pink tulips the other day, I noticed that the demarcation behind petals and leaves was not as clear as I had thought it would be. With this flower,…
January 15, 2016
Papaver Nudicaule
A bright flower for a gray day in the East Bay! For more about photographing this Icelandic Poppy, click here.
December 20, 2015
Two Icelandic Poppies
Phyllis and I like to take out slices of pizza, and eat them in the beautiful garden at Berkeley Horticultural Nurseries. The other day, after having our lunch while sitting…
December 12, 2015
Low Geostationary and Decaying Orbits around the Clematis Inversion
I spent a few days doodling and noodling with flowers, first on the light box for transparency and then with LAB inversions in Photoshop, and Low Geostationary and Decaying Orbits…
October 10, 2015
Persistence of Personal Vision
I've been struck on a number of occasions how the same elements in a scene interest me photographically, even after a gap of many years. Returning to a mountainside in…
September 28, 2015
Passion for Flowers
A passion for flower photography is of course one of my ruling passions. What better way to show it than by photographing this Passiflora ("passion flower") from a vine outside our…
September 26, 2015