Flowers & Plants – Page 3 – Jessamyn Tuttle

spring redesign

I haven’t been spending much time on this site, so I decided to try a little springtime rearranging. Bigger photos, better layout (at least I think so). What do you think?

I’ve been enjoying working with square photos lately. Not sure why, maybe it’s the bad influence of using Vignette on my phone? I particularly liked the square format on these two slightly abstract images of dried winter fennel stalks. Getting these shots was the result of walking into the garden on a cold day and tellingContinue reading “squares”

blue

This is the time of year when all the flowers in the garden are either blue or purple. Blue star creeper, forget-me-not, iris, centaurea, geranium, columbine…but there’s something about the blue of forget-me-not. Very cool and pure. I liked several of the close-up shots I took, but liked the feel of this one, where itContinue reading “blue”

pulling myself together

It has occurred to me that I should probably be posting here a bit more frequently. Part of the problem is that I haven’t been shooting as much as I would like, and how many pictures of my garden do you really want to see? (although I do like this centaurea shot) I have aContinue reading “pulling myself together”

spring in Skagit

In spite of endless rain and the occasional hailstorm, spring has finally come to the Skagit Valley. The daffodil fields came and went, and the tulips are in their full glory. Every once in a while the clouds part and the mountains remind us of their presence.

spring is creeping in

It may be cold, windy and wet, but spring is definitely approaching. Last week I caved and bought some gorgeous primroses for the front porch. Now if the wind will just settle down so they won’t blow away.

point and shoot

The problem with flower photography at this time of year is that most of the blooms are down at ground level. Yesterday I noticed that we had some snowdrops open under the fir tree, and I wanted to try to get some closeups, so I kneeled down and tried to peer through the viewfinder withContinue reading “point and shoot”

up close

Blooming amaryllis + macro lens + cabin fever = lots of flower closeups. I love how amaryllis petals look wet when you get right up into them.

husk

On another of my random wanderings through the garden I happened across what I think is a desiccated tomatillo husk, bleached white but still intact. I took some shots of it in situ, then laid it on the arm of the old distressed Adirondack chair in the back yard and tried to make a pictureContinue reading “husk”

the winter garden

I’ve gone out into the garden a few times this week to take photos. Not because there’s anything going on out there – the cold spell we had a few weeks ago took care of most of the remaining flowers and leaves – but as a creative exercise to see if I can find anythingContinue reading “the winter garden”