Posts Tagged ‘tulips’
vessels of light indeed
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, Inspiration, light, Photography, plants, tulips on April 7, 2013| 7 Comments »
and the petals want their due
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, creativity, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, petals, Photography, plants, tulips on April 4, 2013| 5 Comments »
it began with the tulip petals …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged arts, colors, flowers, Georgia O'Keeffe, Imogen Cunningham, influences, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, plants, tulips on April 3, 2013| 7 Comments »
… pink and glowing with sunlight, of course. A long-stemmed bouquet sitting in a vase not far from my desk. I yearned to photograph them but hesitated. The camera enables and empowers me to procrastinate wonderfully when I should be completing writing projects. But the light grew so intense in those petals that I did rise with camera in-hand and began to snap photos. But as you can tell from this post, it was not the petals that held my attention, it was the stems and leaves, their lines and curves and those beautiful shadows.
As I viewed the images, I could not help but see the many influences continually shaping the creative me. From Imogen Cunningham and Georgia O’Keeffee to the many wonderful photographers and other artists whose blogs I follow on wordpress and via other venues. Thank you for the beauty — and lessons learned — you choose to share.
transformation
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, plants, transformation, tulip, tulips on March 1, 2013| 5 Comments »
Remember the orange tulip?
Well, as the petals have dried, all these other colors have been revealed.
interior beauty
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged bouquet, colors, flower photography, flowers, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, plants, pleasure, tulips, white on December 26, 2012| 6 Comments »
The interior of several white tulips. As I’ve written before, tulips were not always my favorite flowers. But now it is with pleasure I buy a bouquet, their heads tightly closed, and wait just a few days for the blossoms to open, revealing the subtle hues shading their centers.
the purple files
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, purple, tulips on June 5, 2012| 10 Comments »
In sorting through photos for various projects, I came across a cache of purple. Now I have the urge to buy some purple marbles at the toy store, an eggplant and some grapes from the farmer’s market, and maybe pick up some purple paint chips from the hardware store. Who knows what purples may appear in the near future. Maybe I’ll even photograph a purple crayon. 😉
White Tulips
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, Inspiration, musings, nature, Photography, tulips, white on April 2, 2012| 5 Comments »
I splurged on a bouquet of white tulips this weekend. An indulgence in simple beauty. I gently placed them in a vase and you know what? They immediately drooped.
But you know what else? It didn’t matter.
Their simple beauty remains.
and then there’s black and white (tulips)
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, art, black and white, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, tulips on February 28, 2012| 2 Comments »
Homage to O’Keeffe
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged art, bones, Georgia O'Keeffe, Inspiration, nature, Photography, roses, shells, tulips on February 26, 2012| 5 Comments »
The Tulip Shell
Rose Bones
To view some of O’Keeffe’s natural and still life forms, the inspiration behind these photographs, you might begin with The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.
Okay, back to the flowers …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, tulips on February 21, 2012| 7 Comments »
Despite my pronouncement that I might be done with tulips, a dear friend surprised me with some. I took that as a sign that this photographic journey is to continue for a while longer. 😉
Words + Images 