Mike Blanchard Photography

Helen's Gold

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:53 +0000

Bold & Beautiful

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:29 +0000

The bold beauty of the Blanket Flower

Kaleidoscope

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:15 +0000

Kind of a busy background but I liked the effect......kind of a kaleidoscope view.

Visiting Helen's Flowers

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:19 +0000

A small visitor to the Helenium planting at the Monument Valley Demonstration Garden in Colorado Springs.

Pollinator II

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:34 +0000

Garden of the Gods Sunflower with a pollinator busy pollinating.

Rock Star Romance

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:02 +0000

The Kissing Camel rock formation is one of the stars at Colorado Springs' Garden of the Gods.

Tower Of Babel - Garden Of The Gods

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:16 +0000

The Tower Of Babel in Colorado Springs' Garden Of The Gods park.

Tolerant Jacqueline

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:49 +0000

We took Jacqueline and Sarah to dinner a while back. As we waited for our meal Jacqueline tolerates (barely) the ever present camera. Taken with a Canon G10 using flash and a slow shutter.

Christina Charm

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:16 +0000

More holiday portraits of Christina. Some of these are outtakes, if you will, from my original editing session. Time, however, often reveals a new appreciation for some of the original cuts. Here I was a little disappointed that Christina's ribbon was clipped at the upper edge of the frame but with later viewing, Christina's charm made that issue seem very insignificant.

AB800 with softbox at camera right as key
AB800 with grid rear camera left as hair light
AB800 with scoop reflector behind Christina as BG light
Large bookend reflector camera left

Yellow Columbine

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:57 +0000

Yellow Columbine found in the Monument Valley Demonstration Garden in Colorado Springs. Shot with a Lumix GF1 and a 50mm F2.0 Super Takumar lens with closeup filters. M42 adaptor enabled use of the Pentax lens.