Photo of the Month - December 2010

While rain isn't a good thing when trying to photograph a wedding, it's awesome what it does to nature.  After a rainfall, it leaves beautiful texture and a glistening all around.  It almost looks like jewelry.  This leaf caught my eye and I just had to photograph it.  The different lines and textures are so interesting.  I hope you find it as beautiful as I do.  Florida is such a great location to find nature like this.

Photo of the Month - September 2010

This Photo of the Month I chose two photos of this beautiful flower I saw at a botanical garden.  It had rained earlier that day, so the rain drops added another cool aspect.  Then I saw this little bug guy hanging out, so I waited for him to land and captured the moment.  Nature has such amazing “art” all around.  It’s truly beautiful and I love taking some time to be able to capture some of its beauty.  I hope you enjoy these. 

Photo of the Month - February 2010

For this month's photo I wanted to use one of my still lifes.  I photographed a lot of still life when I was first getting into photography.  Just as portraits can, still life can also tell a story, such as who was here or what just happened, or to tell something personal about a person.  For example when I photograph a bride's jewelry, shoes or bouquet on her wedding day, all of those items and very personal to her.  When looking at those items later on, they will remind her of her special day. 

This particular still life just caught my eye because of the great lines and shadows, and the bold colors.  I moved some of the items around to give it just the look I wanted.  I actually entered this photo into a contest and it won for the Still Life section and was published in a book called "International Photographers".  Yea!  I hope you like it too.