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August 01, 2018 - I recently participated in a photography event at the Chicago Botanic Garden. 25 photographers were granted private acce...

April 02, 2017 - Last month, I attended the Out of Chicago Winter Conference. During this photography conference, a few hours were set as...

May 11, 2015 - Last week, I visited the Oakbrook Shopping Center to capture some photographs of the tulips. While taking the pictures,...

April 08, 2015 - I had the itch to photograph something the other day. But, I was having trouble identifying an interesting subject. Whi...

February 20, 2015 - Last week, I visited the Chicago Botanic Garden. Thankfully, there are a few greenhouses at the Botanic Garden. It was e...

January 12, 2014 - On a very cold Winter afternoon, it was nice to walk among the palm trees in the Palm House of the Garfield Park Conserv...

October 02, 2013 - This morning, my "Hanging Lilies" picture won Imaging Resource's "Photo of the Day". This photograph was captured at...

September 30, 2013 - During a macro photography workshop that I recently attended in the Adirondack Mountains, it became evident that extensi...

August 09, 2012 - Windy conditions are not ideal for capturing close up photographs of flowers. In this case, the flowers were long-stemme...

July 20, 2012 - One of my favorite composition techniques is to include one element in the frame that simply doesn't appear to belong:...

July 12, 2012 - Earlier this week, I captured some photos of this bed of flowers (zennias). This image consisted of five exposures blend...

July 07, 2012 - The other day, I captured some photographs of flowers at the Herb Garden at Lake Katherine in Palos Heights, Illinois. I...

March 25, 2012 - I believe that controlling the background is at least half the battle in composing a photograph. Yesterday, I noticed a...