Hydrangea ‘Pink Parfait’
Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’
A selection of hydrangea blossoms from our garden, whose spectrum did not reveal itself until I’d brought them in and placed them in vases on the dining table. They are from different areas and the shading in the garden seems so subtle, but laid out here, the rainbow of colors is striking. I promise I’ve not altered the colors at all!
The pink one is ‘Glowing Embers’, an absolutely brilliant hydrangea. It truly glows in the early morning and late evening light. I planted it so it can be seen from the kitchen through the dining room windows. The blue and green are ‘Endless Summer’ and the medium blue is ‘Nikko Blue’, also outside the dining room. The deep purple, purple-blue and indigo are all in the woodland garden and were here when we bought the property, so I don’t know the names. They are a staggering color. You’ll be seeing quite a bit more of the hydrangeas over the next week or so!
May I share some recent published work? During the Lavender Festival on the Olympic Peninsula, I was surprised and pleased to see postcards with three of my images for sale in the Purple Haze Lavender Farm gift shop. We became friends with Mike, the farm owner and marketer extraordinaire, last year when we produced a promotional video and stills for the farm. So, hot and sweaty, I was standing at the register to pay for the lavender I had just cut in the field and thought I was having a déja vu moment until I realized I was looking at my images taken the prior year! That was fun. We love the people at Purple Haze.
I discovered this one accidentally, too, when I was flipping through the July 2010 Britain magazine at Mom’s. Pashley Manor Gardens used one of my images in their ad in the magazine, so I was pretty chuffed (pleased) about it as it has a pretty large circulation in the UK and here. The shoot I did for them was two years ago and I knew they’d used images on websites and so on, but this was a lovely surprise. (No, I didn’t shoot the cover. Wish)
This is a bit of a funny one. Three years ago I had an assignment to photograph fingerprints on an alleged Jackson Pollock painting, as part of a forensic investigation into their authenticity. We traveled to Long Island, New York, to visit the owner of the painting, as well as visiting Pollock’s studio, where I also photographed paint cans with fingerprints and other items. The story goes on and from time to time is written up in different publications and the writers come to us for the images. This is a new, lengthy and quite good article in the July 2010 issue of The New Yorker. Not my usual subject matter, but, hey, I got a full page with a photo credit in The New Yorker magazine and that’s kind of neat. :)
the photos are gorgeous and the news wonderful :)
Congrats on all the published works! I love the hydrangea blossoms, the colors are striking!
Gorgeous Hydrangeas, I love how they're arranged like a rainbow.
And I think I saw that movie… was it "Who the #%$@ is Jackson Pollock" ? It must have been interesting to visit his studio.
Hi Georgianna,
Congratulations and I am not surprised! You should do your own book.
I love the postcards of the lavender.
Thank you for your good wishes for Mom-progress is slow but at 87 that is expected.
Carolyn
OH MY GoSH!!! I am so happy for you….that is so wonderful! You must be so excited.
I love your hydrangea shots!! that one with the florets lined up……sigh……so gorgeous!
Congratulations, Georgianna! You must be very pleased that your work is popping up everywhere! You lead such a fascinating life – I think of you photographing flowers and gardens (which you do) but Jackson Pollack and his studio….Very cool!
xo
Claudia
Dear Georgianna, Congratulations on your fine accomplishments. It does not surprise me, your work is beautiful.
Gina
your published works are a reward for all your talent, artistry and hard work! i love your hydrangea color wheel!! nature is indeed amazing……
have a good week,
erin
Wow, congratulations of the magazine shots. But then your photography is stunning. Take care.
Your garden must be truly wonderful to behold with those colours. You must be so proud of your published photographs, well done I hope you got recognition in print.
Your hydrangea shots are amazing – love all the different colors. Congrats on your published works. I can't imagine you shooting Pollock's (or someone else's) fingerprints – how crazy-fun is that? :)
Happy week to you, G!
Georgiana! I'm always in awe of your talent. It was amazing to see your published works. You blog is such a treasure. So happy you're here to inspire us all.
you were published!? that is sooo awesome georgianna, you totally and completely deserve it lady!! every post of yours just makes me smile!
I always adored your work…is such an inspiration to all of us.
and you..you are a kind,sweet and compassionate person…love knowing you and your gorgeous work.
Oh God I sound so sappy…
hugs
Lila
PS: moved blog my blog to another page as the old one was having problems with it's HTML( what ever it is) {smiles}.Just moved the furniture to another room…coming to think of it!
Hey Georgina, you just make my day with these heavenly colors, they are truly beautiful! Thanks! And congrats on your publication!
G! These took my breath away with their beauty! Literally! It's not just the beauty of the flowers though that gets me, it your magnificent eye!
Very cool about the publications as well. Wow! A piece in the New Yorker. And more…
You're faaaaabulous, darling! :)
waouh !!! georgiana, I am impressed and congratulations, this is fabulous, you deserve it :)
and the colours of these "hortensia" (sorry, it is easier for me to write the french name), this is a real treat !!!
How fantastic!! Congratulations!!
I'm envious of your gorgeous hydrangeas! Our summer has been so hot, way hotter than normal, and my poor hydrangeas are scorched and burned, even though I've watered them faithfully. Oh well, there's always next year! :)
Congratulations on your recent published works! Well deserved!
xo,
Lynda
That is great! It must be the month for not knowing you were going to be published! Fun surprises! I love the investigation publication! Sooo cool dear one! Those colors are simply perfect. Thanks for lining them up and such for us! Gorgeous! Hope you are enjoying the last of Summer. Blessings friend.
what a great story….
i had no idea that hydrangeas could grow in such a spectrum. what a feast for your eyes when you look out the window.
beautiful…
hugs
I'm relatively new to your blog, Georgiana, but am so thankful to have found you! Your pictures are just breathtaking … even of simple hydrangea blooms. They are my favorite flower so I look forward to seeing your future posts you mentioned.
Congrats on the publications! I bet you never get tired of seeing your work "out there."
Aww, you're all so kind. Thank you very, very much. love, – g
Well first of all, congrats on all the publications!!! That is so wonderful and well deserved of course!
And hydrangeas…..I think they have been my faves for quite some time now. A few of mine got fried in those couple days of heat though. And I have one that is such a monster, I cut it so far back every year, and it just grows and grows and grows. I wouldn't mind so much if it weren't in front of a window and alongside a path!
Your hydrangea colors are simply stunning!
The blossoms in a row are so simple but delicately beautiful… how exciting to find your photos published like that! Congrats – wonderful news:)
I'm not surprised in the least that your beautiful photos have made it into magazines, been used in ad campaigns and sold as postcards, Georgianna….your work is beyond gorgeous and your talent speaks for itself. Your blog is stunning, too…I'm going to bookmark it and will visit regularly!
"Pretty neat"… Pretty neat??? That's a bit of an understatement!!!!!!! WOWOWOWOWOOWOWOW hyperventilating here – on your behalf, of course. Congratulations. Victoria's only a bit away, you know.
I had to come back to rave about the hydrangea shots. They are perfection. the long shot down the table floored me and I knew it couldn't get any better. then, I saw the circle of florettes and knew you had proved me wrong. OH MY!!