Perfect Dahlia Day
In the pre-dawn cool I walked around the house and down to our dahlia bed in the side yard. There was one perfect white blossom. I cropped it, and placed…
Photographing Flowers for Transparency weekend workshop
We'll be holding a full weekend Photographing Flowers for Transparency workshop Saturday August 6 - Sunday August 7, 2022 here on the east side of the San Francisco Bay. This…
Orchid
Phyllis brought a Phalaenopsis ("moth orchid") home for a short visit to our sunny living room. Leaving the orchid in its decorative pot, I photographed the blossoms using a vertical…
Campanulas
I cut a stalk of Campanulas ("Canterbury Bells") from the garden. I laid the bunch gently on my light box for a sequence of high-key captures (below). Often, photography of…
Too Many Tulips Are Not Enough
As an archetype, "James Bond" is deeply embedded for better and worse somewhere not far below the surface of cis-Males of my generation. But what if James Bond had liked…
Quantum Entanglement
Quantum entanglement is a physical phenomenon that occurs when a group of particles are generated, interact, or share spatial proximity in a way such that the quantum state of each…
Interior Views of Flowers
For this week's interior views of flowers, I used my macro probe lens placed inside the outer petals of the floral blossom. The upper image of a tulip is lit…
Bunches of Bunches
Looking at some upright bunches of flowers recently in cylindrical vases, it occurred to me that the bunch itself made an interesting structure for a light box composition. One of…