Enjoying My Still Life Garden
After a cup of coffee and a morning walk, my days continue in the garden with watering, weed pulling, filling the bird feeders, and generally enjoying the sights and sounds of the morning. The flower garden has become somewhat of a still life garden full of possibilities for photography subjects. I suppose that is true of the vegetable garden as well. I often use some of the blossoms from the still life garden as accents within the still life images I'm creating. But, on mornings such as this one, the light was so perfect, I had to run back inside for my camera and document it. The flowers were gorgeous and despite the extreme heat of the last month, seemed to be thriving. The hummingbirds darted and chirped while vying for a place at the feeders. There was an abundance of activity, yet it was so incredibly peaceful while bees and butterflies found their places at nature’s table.
Still Life Garden
In my garden, this beautiful dahlia bouquet was grown and arranged by Bloom Flower Farm of Farmhouse Rehab.
white dahlia in still life garden
still life garden zinnia
hummingbirds at the feeder
zinnias in the garden still life
orange flowers in the garden still life
zinnias and dahlias in the flower garden still life
One of the things that I think has improved my garden in recent years is that I used seeds for tall growing flowers. In past years, I simply purchased seedlings from the garden shop. Most of those are low growing, bedding plants that have short stems. But in the past few years I purchased seeds from Floret Flowers and planted taller varieties suitable for cutting garden. To support the feeling of the peaceful morning in these images, I applied my 'Gently' preset in post-processing in Lightroom and adjusted from there. You can receive my free presets when signing up for my newsletter through the Newsletter link above.
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Are you looking for a break in your everyday? Join me for my Life Exposed still life photography online workshop coming this winter. All levels are welcome. It's a still life workshop created for you to work at your own pace. Registration opens in October. For more information, go to Still Life Online Photography Workshop.
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Nadeen Flynn is a published, award winning northern California fine art and portrait photographer. Living in the greater Sacramento area, she specializes in fine art landscape and still life photography. Nadeen’s style is authentic, fresh and personality-driven. This retains the timeless features of photography that create family heirlooms. She offers in-person workshops, hourly lessons, and mentoring. While currently living in rural northern California with her husband and a couple thousand walnut trees, she posts regularly to Instagram.
Currently booking individual and group mentoring sessions. Locations include Northern California areas of Yuba City/Marysville, East Nicolaus, Wheatland, Lincoln, Woodland, Roseville, Rocklin, and Sacramento areas. Other areas available upon request.
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It’s past time to tear out the gardens - both the floral cutting garden and the vegetable garden. (My tomatoes are going crazy!!!) After all, it’s November! But, each time I go out to the garden and assess what I need to get started removing the old plants, I see bees, ladybugs, and butterflies. I just cannot begin to remove their food source.