Briefly noted: Photographing this mallow blossom unfurling, I was reminded of fabric. Ignoring issues of scale and context, this flower could be the bottom portion of an elaborate and stylish…

I am very excited that a number of my pieces in the style of this image of Papaver somniferum have been accepted into the publishing program at the World Art…

In a previous story, I noted the importance of looking behind one. Commentators added the great suggestions of looking up and down as well. A corollary to having the kind…

I enjoyed photographing these flowers in a green vase as much for rendering the textures and colors of the vase and table as the flowers! The vase contains safflowers and…

I shot this orchid on our front porch using a wood log as the background. It was late afternoon---or early evening---and I shot the flowers in deep shade. As I…

At Blake Garden they very graciously cut some poppies for me. I brought them back to my studio and photographed them on my light box, with the results you see…

For a special project, I started with a high-key photo of poppies and bellflowers (Papaver and Campanula). I created the background by scanning and digitally combining two pieces of papyrus…

I'd been searched around for some bright red Greek poppies to photograph, and over the weekend we went to Annie's Annuals & Perennials in Richmond to see if we could…

The Gloriosa Lily is the national flower of Zimbabwe. It is also highly toxic. The poison in the flower is colcichine, in small doses used as a medicine for gout…

If you follow my work, you probably have figured out that both this blog and my Flickr photostream reflect current projects. For example, if you see a great deal of…