“Back and Back” Back side of Gerber Daisy Backlit © 2011 Susan Candelario
I was recently invited to photograph with my friends Roman Kurywzack from Romin with Roman Photo Tours, Dr. Nick Palmieri & Dave Williams from Williams Nursery. Dave was gracious enough to invite us to shoot in one of his greenhouses. He had just gotten in some gorgeous 15″ tall Gerber Daisy’s and shared them with us. Thanks, Dave for a fun afternoon!
Roman showed up to the party with his rather big flashlight that he uses to paint with light when he is doing his star trails and night photography. He also had different flashlight sizes readily available. So very quickly we knew what the game plan was. Backlit macro flower photography.
“The Center Of Attention” The Gerber Daisy was Backlit with the big flashlight and my Canon Twin Light Flashes illuminated the front side. © 2011 Susan Candelario
“One Sided” Side view of Gerber Daisy. © 2011 Susan Candelario
“Heart Of Gold” I applied a couple of my own textures to this image. For years I have been photographing interesting textures to use as an overlay layer in Photoshop on certain images. © 2011 Susan Candelario
I will be back at Williams Nursery on June 4th, where Roman will be running a couple of Floral Macro Photography workshops. I believe he might have a slot or two still open. For more info check out his workshop.
Hopefully by then the weather has improved and I can do a little bit more shopping at the nursery. His stuff is great and I highly recommend it to anyone.
