Fine Art Flower Photography

Fine Art Flower Photography is a body of work that explores seeing flowers from a dream like, alternative reality. Flowers are one of the most beautiful and vibrant beings on this planet. They bloom only for a brief moment in time, opening up fully to the world in all their glory and then fade away. There is a mystical quality to flowers that is hard to explain unless you fully engage with them over time. They are gentle creatures and are very sensitive to their environment. Many of the flowers in the wild also have high medicinal value. Native people all over the world used flower extracts to heal many ailments.

We are often used to seeing flowers through a predefined context. My fine art flower photography attempts to reveal the fantasy of flowers, giving each flower its own identity. To stretch the boundaries even further I have used different parts of flowers to construct a unique floral composition. For instance Print #152 Galactic Iris, is composed of a number of Irises, the background texture yet from another Iris. This composition has almost an iconic feeling with golden light reflecting of the petals, the Iris is flying through the air. Print #154 Iris Bird is another example of the flower mosaic technique. This composition resembles a bird soaring through space.

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#159b Poppy Mirage II B&W	#237 White Classic Beauty II	#227 Lake-Mirage IV	#228 Lake-Mirage V
#229 Lake-Mirage II	#199 Sun Flower II	#199 Sun Flower II	#231Yellow Renunculus-II
#232 Designer Nasturtium-1	#230 Sun Flower Portrait In Yellow	#233 Designer Nasturtium-2	Yellow Flowers Print #152: Galactic Iris
#166 Wildflower Bouquet	Yellow Flowers Print #165: Universal Flower	#164 Out Of The Blue	Red Flower Print #160: Green Water Tulip
Print #158 Red Poppy Flower Fantasy	Green Flowers Prints #155: Iris Bud	Yellow Flowers Prints #159: Poppy Mirage	Flower Close Up:#167 Dream Daisy
#156 Deep Waters Iris	Print #150 Blue Ice	Black and White Flowers #149: Light Beyond Borders	Purple Flower Print #154 Iris Bird
Red Flowers: #153 Green Water Poppy	#151 Buttercup Portrait	Red Flower Print: #157 Sensual Star Lilly	Flowers Close Up Print #161: Sensual Yellow Star
Flower Close Up Print #163 Red Poppy Flower Center II	Flower Close Up: Print #162 Red Poppy Flower Center

Fine Art Flower Photography and Light

In many of my fine art flower photography I emphasis light and shadow. It is the contrast between these two elements that creates drama and highlights the delicate patterns in the flowers. You will notice that I often introduce light into the background so that the flower is lit from behind. This creates a feeling of translucency, which many flowers display when sunlight penetrates its petals. For instance #149 Light Beyond Borders demonstrates how the light coming through the cracks in the background lights up the beautiful poppy flower in the center. In this work I have spent many hours creating the background out of different poppy petals. It is often the case that I spend just as much time on the background as the foreground to deliver the quality of composition that truly reflects the beauty of the flower.

Fine Art Flower Photography and Water

Flowers just like many other plants are almost eighty percent water. The combination of water, flowers create a sensual fantasy flowers composition. Reflection of the flowers in the water is feature of many of my work. For instance Print #159 Poppy Mirage displays how the gentle reflection of the poppy in the water creates a romantic, sensual feel, displaying the intricate patterns of this beautiful flower. In Print #156 Deep Waters Iris you can see an Iris like flower emerging out of the water. The foggy background and a faint light source add to the sense of mystery of this fine art flower photography.

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