Category Archives: macro photography

Omg…can these folks shoot, or what?

Some of you may know that Gary Lewis of Phoenix Perennials in Richmond has been cajoling me for some years to teach a macro flower workshop through his nursery. Of course spring is my busiest time–weddings, gardening, portraits–so I’ve always said a firm no, but somehow he broke down my resolve this year. I met...

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Sign-Up Time for Macro Course

I’m teaching a class on macro photography! Let everyone know! This is from the Phoenix Perennial course list. The class runs two evenings in June. Ready for my Close-Up: Capturing the starlets of the garden in the frame of a photograph | Instructor: Jane Eaton Hamilton | Two Evenings: Tuesdays June 10 and June 17,...

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New art images

Here are some pieces I’ve been working on of late. This is a composite image of a small underwater daffodil merged with the leaf lattice from last year’s hydrangea, also taken underwater, using a compositing technique known as the Orton Technique after Michael Orton. It is modified because it begins with digital imagery rather than...

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