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Prettier in Pink - Antique Peonies!

Adding four more to the "Antique Florals" I started with the Lily of the Valley images in my last post. One of my very favourites of late Spring - Peonies! These ones in particular were from some very old plants that still made the effort to bloom every year despite complete lack of attention from me.

I'm always amazed by their masses upon masses of multi-layered petals with their luscious scent being the cherry on top!

Antique Peonies Set of four images by Suzanne Goodwin Copyright 2013
Pink and burgundy antique Peonies

Scents of Spring! Lily of the Valley Set

Well Spring has since passed and we're well into the summer heat, yet is there ever a time to not want to gaze upon the subtle beauty of the humble Lily Of The Valley flower? A most welcome memory of those first days of Spring, when all promises to be new again.

Lily of the Valley set  
I've had these and several other Spring flower shoots languishing on my hard drive for a couple of years now. Yes, sometimes it takes a good long while to complete images. This small series I finished up today.

Perhaps I wasn't quite ready to do them justice when I photographed them, or maybe only now is their time.

These will be available as prints on paper at Markets and eventually online too. Other media, such as marble tiles and wood panels are still under experimentation...so we'll see!

Flying the Coop!

Pigeon Flight, Granville Island, BC

Illumina Photographics is moving house! The photographs and all the stuff I need to make them are leaving the beautiful mossy greens of North Vancouver and finding their new home a little farther South near the sunny shores of White Rock. From one end of the BC's Lower Mainland to the other! So, from July 24 through August 2 I'm closing up shop. I can still accept orders during this time however price quotes and order fulfillment will be resuming as of August 6. Onward ho!