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Gardening is a Passion, Photography an Obsession
My Gardens have taken me through life's journeys, trials and tribulations. Even when you can not literally dig and plant, there are always the pictures and records of what transpired. A love for flowers and a love for photography developed along separate paths that led to God's Garden (my old New Jersey flower garden). More than a name it came to represent who I was and would become. These days life and finances constrains me from doing much in my PA yard. I just can't seem to grow anything here, though my efforts have been far and few between... my priorities have shifted. This is a vast contrast to a few years ago when working and recording the progress of my garden was central to my life. I have learned that one can take pictures of nearly anything and transform it into art. Still, I long for a garden I could once again lovingly obsess on and take pictures of. I recently took on a project of going through all my albums and loose photos, cropping and sorting and would you believe taking photos of old photos? (I don't have a working scanner). I thought it was time to take the dust off of God's Garden and shine the light back on it. I am working on adding more pictures to my flicker collection. This is a work in progress.
God bless!
Work In Progress - Adding New "Old Photos"
This are my "pics of pics", sounds kind of funny. Back when I was photographing them I was spending a lot of money having disks (but not CD's created). Hindsight is 20-20. I have the original photos and am backing and laminating them. Nothing like having an excuse not to do housework.
Books on Flower Photography
Fine Art Flower Photography: Creative Techniques And The Art Of Observation
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 10/11/2008)
How can you not take pictures of them?
First came the flowers, then came the photos... and after there could not be one, without the other (and them some). At first it was all about the garden, and then it became as much about the pictures of the flowers in the garden, as the garden itself. It must be near impossible for a gardener not to document the path of growth in their beloved flower and vegetable beds. In the case of the artist, it has to be visual, how could it not? After I left NJ and somehow wound up in Oklahoma, I was at the point where I would take a picture of anything closely resembling flora or fauna (that's when cows were introduced into the line). It was a passion and focus well beyond the Garden at that point. Yet, all that is within the garden and beyond it are part of God's larger garden... aren't they? So it makes sense. God's Garden
Digital images created from the disks I had created from my flower photos. Back then I was doing a lot of funky editing because I had a lot of cool software. Some have oil paint and other features and are more "altered art".
What's Your Favorite Flower
If you can bear to choose
We all have our preferences, what's yours?
Books on Gardening
Greenhouse Gardener's Companion, Revised: Growing Food & Flowers in Your Greenhouse or Sunspace
Amazon Price: $15.61 (as of 10/11/2008)
The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques
Amazon Price: $23.07 (as of 10/11/2008)
Some Shots of My Non-Garden PA "Yard" & Woods
No, I didn't grow it (the tree) but I can still take pictures of it.
The Rose of Sharon is a tree in my PA yard, which I can't call a garden. And maybe that's for the best, because my deer companions would probably destroy most of my lovely plants anyway and conflict would arise between us.
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