Where Flowers Bloom So Does Hope

 

I’ve always had a fondness for nature and the great outdoors, so it’s only natural that my photographic interests have moved in that direction.  Furthermore, if there is 1 aspect of nature that just seems to grab my attention and draw me in for a closer look, it is flowers. There is just something about the natural beauty of a flower, the wide variety of colours, shapes, and patterns that provides interest to the landscape. Whether growing wild in a field or prairie, in the back yard or deep in the forest, flowers are all around to showcase the beauty of the natural world.

Flowers are the subjects that lend themselves quite well to being photographed.  This much is evident when you look at the numerous photos of flowers posted daily on social media and photo sharing sites.  However, not every flower photographs are treated equal.  As with any type of photography, there are general rules and guidelines, and tips and tricks to make the best images possible. The basic idea is to make our photos stand out from the rest like to create something unique and inspiring you know something with that “wow” factor in it.

Macro photography is the key to mastering great floral pictures. Macro photography is a type of photography that captures extremely close-up subjects. They can be physically small subjects, like an insect or flower, but also close-up patterns of any kind of subject, like the bark of a tree or the knitted pattern of a sweater. Macro photography uses a special type of lens called a macro lens. A macro lens with an aperture of f/2.8 is ideal for flower photography.

During flower photography you need to keep focus,shooting angle, depth of field, composition, lightning and background in mind. Flower photography is a bit easier to pursue than landscape, since you needn’t travel very far to get unique and beautiful images. You may think that you need to travel to some exotic location to take beautiful flower photos, but that is not the case. There are plenty of other places to shoot.  One of the advantages about flower photography is you don’t even have to leave home.  The flower garden in your back yard might be a good place to start, or possibly the city park down the street. Perhaps there might be a botanical garden in your area where you could shoot a wide variety of flowers. Flowers can be found anywhere and everywhere, so if that’s the type of photography you want to do, you can get lots of practice and there’s no excuse for not shooting.   

As the flowers start to emerge from the soil, all the neighbours begin emerging from their houses with gardening tools in hand while I on the other hand, have my camera in hand ready to capture the spring flowers and I hope you do too.