Botanical Portraits

Photographer

Amy Ouderkirk

Category

Black & White Photography - Still Life

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2022

Country / Region:

United States

This series of 3 floral portraits, "Botanical PORTRAITS" is a study in light, composition and form. I find particular interest observing flowers in black in white because it is then not the color that draws the viewer in, but the composition. I go to great lengths to find flowers that are pure, preferably taken directly from the plant from which they were growing. Each of these floral portraits is a compilation of many photos combined into one. Using different focal lengths in one shoot allows me to capture all the beautiful and often unseen detail that simply cannot be appreciated with one shot.