Flower Photography at Crocus

It's not often that I get the chance to do any photography for myself anymore. In fact the last photo I took (that was not for a client or pictures of my kids and holidays), was probably a good 3-4 years ago. I was active at a camera club then and frequently entered competitions.

Nowadays, the business keeps me so busy that I see the bluebells in the woods and promise myself that I will go and photograph them this year, and before I know it, it's been 4 years and I haven't been anywhere near the bluebell woods.

I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHING FLOWERS - There, I've said it. I've admitted to being a closet flower photographer.

So on Saturday 27th June, Crocus, the worlds best online garden centre (in my humble opinion) opened its doors to the public, and they did not have to invite me twice. I spent a delightful morning there photographing all the wonderful varieties and georgeous colours and shapes. I think I was there for about 3.5 hours, and didn't even cover half of the site.

Of course I ended up buying a boot full of plants, including some fabulous roses, but that goes without saying, doesn't it? ;-)

I had a long chat with one of their buyers, Mark Straver, and he gave me an excellent overview of their operation, the workings and some good tips on a couple of problem areas in my garden. I was very disappointed that the tour that was advertised on the email that I had received from them was done so in error and was only applicable to the previous open day that was held a few weeks earlier (before Chelsea). But as I said Mark did an excellent job at answering any questions that I had.

Here are a couple of the images I took that morning (obviously only a very small selection, because you can just imagine how many I took over the 3.5hr period.)

Enjoy