Photo Series: It's Personal


Vibrant pink zinnia flower with green leaves in natural garden setting.

Redbud

This month, I decided to take on a classic series idea, flowers. April showers (more like May showers/tornadoes) definitely brought on the flowers. I wanted to highlight some photos I took this last month, and just talk about the project as a whole. Enjoy :)

Cluster of yellow daisies blooming among dark mulch.

Yellow Flowers After Rain

This project was a first in the sense it forced me to slow down. I could have tackled this series from a multitude of different ways. I could have planned out every picture with preplanned settings, angles, etc., but I decided not to go that route. Instead, every photo you will see in this series is a result of me slowing down and actually paying attention to my surroundings. I let the photos come to me as I walked around. It was therapeutic and made me feel explorative again! 


Above is my favorite photo of the entire series. It isn't super complex, but I just thought it was a nice photo of some flowers after a heavy rain.

Peach-colored iris flower in full bloom with yellow flowers in background.

Sunny Side Flower

A thought that kept popping up in my head during this series is how much I normally let go unnoticed. When I am walking somewhere, I normally don't look around at what's going on around me. I might see some flowers and think "cool", but I never go up and actually observe the intricate details. Bringing my camera on these walks changed this. It made me appreciate the small details in a flower, the folds, how the colors fade in and out. This series helped me hone in my photographic eye.

Orange butterfly perched on yellow wildflower with blurred natural background.

Sunbathing Butterfly

I didn't want this series to just be flowers, I wanted to share the limelight to the hard working creatures that help flowers thrive, pollinators. We all hear about how they are essential to all plant life (and in turn all life), so let's give them appreciation.


The butterfly pictured was a real diva, I am just happy I got this photo.

A grey squirrel forages in mulch beneath green plants in a garden setting.

Assumed Criminal

Just a guilty looking squirrel doing squirrel things.

Vibrant purple and white bicolor petunias bloom among lush green foliage.

Purple Flower

Anyways, I want to keep this short. Please enjoy the rest of the photos from the series.

Delicate clusters of pink elderberry flowers against dark green leaves.

Am I Early?

A pink hibiscus flower with red center blooms against dark green foliage.

Ant May

Pink evening primrose flowers blooming abundantly behind garden fence railings.

Flower Party

Contact Sheet

An orange butterfly rests on a bright yellow yarrow flower in a garden.
A bumblebee approaches pink salvia flowers among green foliage.
Close-up of a purple and white iris flower with yellow center showing intricate petals.
A ruffled peach-colored bearded iris flower blooms in a spring garden.
Pink evening primrose flowers blooming in dense clusters among green foliage.
Small orange bird perched near blooming white daisies in a mulched garden bed.
Bright blue grackle bird standing on a stone ledge surrounded by lush green foliage.
Vibrant red dianthus flowers with white edges blooming in a garden.
Grey squirrel foraging in mulched garden soil among plants.
Delicate pink flower cluster of sedum blooming against dark green foliage.
Bright pink tropical flower with dark green leaves covered in morning dew.
Light pink periwinkle flower blooming against dark green foliage.
Purple and white petunias with ruffled edges blooming among green leaves.
Cluster of bright yellow daisies growing in dark mulch.
Yellow hibiscus flower with deep red center blooming against dark green background.