We had some intense rains last week....

I love the faint light and purple hue of this process. I want to touch my art photography roots again. Here’s a small start....

I tried to pick the peony flower from my bush yesterday but there was a giant spider hanging on it… and we all know how I feel about...

Some lovely carnations at my mom’s...

My mum’s garden is kinda magical. I took a 20 minute walk and documented some of the pretty things in it....

Most wouldn’t consider this flower pretty since its glory days are clearly over and it’s preparing to produce seed but the final curling of the striped petals struck me as...

I was out taking photos of pretty flowers… …and I accidentally took a picture of this little guy. Check out this 100% crop of the above photo. Man he’s like staring angrily at me and everything. Or posing. It’s hard to tell with spiders....

What’s up buttecup?...

So i planted tulips in my yard this year.  I don’t think I’ll ever do that again though. They came up weak and died really fast.  I fully understand that I probably just naturally suck at being all home-domestic and therefore have a black thumb but this was ridiculous.  Next year, or...

So spring is here. I am super excited about this simple little seasonal change.  If you were me, and genetically programmed to hate all things cold, you’d understand. I was built to absorb some sun and revel in long daylight hours.  Everyday is awesome now pretty much because of the...

A little lens trickery will allow you to use your little point and shoot to get some slr-like bokeh. Next time, set it to close-focus (if it has that option) and zoom in all the way and you’ll be able to get some awesome artistic bokeh without spending too much money on equipment for macro...

I’m seeing a lot of lavenders and pinks this flowering season. I caught this while taking a walk in my neighborhood the other day. The little veins in the petals are mesmerizing. I’m also learning to shoot at f/8 on the 55m end of my kit lens. I almost never use my kit lens because the...

So I lost my 50mm to a rogue parking lot last weekend. ….and I already miss the supersmooth bokeh it...

If you haven’t noticed, Spring is already well on it’s way down here in Georgia. Everywhere I walk things are budding, blooming and pushing through the ground. The only issue I have with an early spring is that it means our summer is going to kill us somewhere between epic heat and...

I was at the Atlanta Botanical gardens a few weeks ago. Having usually gone during the the flowery and green months, I found it a challenge to shoot all of the dead things and still try and capture a little beauty. In a way, the imagery is melancholy, as none of these roses had a chance to...

Okay, I am actually coming back from an unexpected hiatus. This past weekend was so awesome that I didn’t have any time to queue up all the posts for this week.  Thursday isn’t too late is it? These little beauties are on the Suwanee Greenway, growing over the trail. By the way,...

A rose at the botanical gardens, dead but still...

I’m starting to play with soft color layers. I really wish I had gotten that dark basket from the top right out of the photo....

I went to the Botanical gardens on Sunday. Even though everything outside was dead, the weather was glorious and the flowers inside were still blooming beautifully.  I’m trying some of my newfound processing skills on this batch of photos and will be releasing something for you soon!...

I’m in Florida.   And I did something really embarrassing. One 8 x 10 print of any of my photos to the first person who guesses what that thing is (who didn’t come on the trip with...

I’m still learning how to play with some of the effects that make a photo look HDR. I find it’s a lot easier to just simulate a stronger HDR image with just 3 exposures instead of trying to take 5 or 7 and putting them together.  This one below was done with just a single exposure. This...

Orchids from the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. Their displays are pretty grand during the humid summer...

The smallest, most easily forgotten parts of the flowers are always the most...

A good wallpaper needs to be attractive as well as have ample icon space.  Almost all my photos are “wallpaper” size but very few I consider to be wallpaper-worthy. This pink orchid is in the process of blooming, It was found in the Fuqua Orchid Center at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens....

I accidentally posted this on flickr already so I might as well drop it on here too. This butterfly was enjoying the african daisies in my front yard when I was watering outside. It’s tiny but I managed with a 12mm extender on my 50mm lens. I did take like 100 shots and this one was the only...

We got some much needed rain down here. I was at the point of watering my plants two times a day to keep them from drying up. The hibiscus plant my mom bought me is blooming like insane-o. Of course I’m watering it with yucky standing water from some empty pots I had sitting outside. The...

I loved the way the sun fell on these orchids. :) So...

Something about summer makes the days go slowly. Taking time off to just sit in the warm humid glow of a summer evening is really something I miss every...

Taken at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens in...

Trying to capture some evening light fall on my flowers.  I know I’ve missed updates for two days but I’m working on a typography tutorial to share with you guys. :-) I’ll try and keep posting pictures in the...

There are flowers within flowers!...