Woodland Phlox

The Woodland Phlox is a perennial herbaceous plant with lavendar-purple flowers, native to he the forests and fields of North America. The following photos were taking in my own backyard in Mukwonago, WI. To enhance some of the flowers beauty, I added different painting effects to them.

How do flower's get their color?

Every year when spring comes around, color pops out all over in gardens, fields, etc: But what causes the different colors in these flowers. Flower's that are colored red, pink, blue, and purple come from a pigment known as anthocyanins (anthocyanins = are in a class of chemicals called flanoids). Flowers that are bright in color are meant to attract birds, bees, and other insects in order to help them reproduce. If a plant needs to reproduce with the help of birds and bees, the genetics will make the flowers have brighter color attract animals

Lamb Portrait

While visiting Asylum Farms, Hunter took a portrait with a lamb that was maybe only a few weeks old.

Goochland Acres

Asylum Farm not only raises sheep, they also breed English Shepherds. While I was there I was able to meet and take a few photos of their shepherds. Each dog has a different personality and are different in their own ways, but they all love to work. Bubba posed the most for me and eventually became my buddy while Lola was camera shy and every time I turned to take a photo of her she turned her head. Though as quick as Lola was at turning her head, I was able to get one posing picture of her. Honey showed us her jumps over the fence to get in by the sheep, but all along Bubba was keeping his eye on those sheep. Eva had fun interacting with a chicken and keeping a close eye on it when it ended up outside the fence line. I also meet Olli and Lillie, but they moved way to quickly for me to snap a picture of them. I had a blast meeting these dogs and interacting with them. To learn more information view, www.asylumfarm.com/index.htm

Asylum Farm

On Sunday May 16th I took a trip to Asylum Farm in Juneau, WI to photograph the farm. It was a great pleasure to meet the sheep and Shelley who allowed me to visit the farm. This farm raises sheep for their wool as well and meat. Their pure breed sheep include Jacob, Romney, BlueFaced Leciester, and Lincoln. Her crossbreeds include Corriedale, Targhee, and Leciester Longwool. No matter what the breed is, each sheep had their own personality and color characteristics. They also had some chicken on their farm for polutry and also breed English Shephereds (read next blog post). I had a blast photographing the sheep and had fun watching them "pose" for the camera. To learn more information visit, www.asylumfarm.com/index.htm

Katie's Bridal Shower Invite

This fall my cousin Mark and his fiance Katie are getting married. My aunt, had asked me to design her shower invite. The theme of the wedding was bicycling, since they both are athletes and compete in triathlons. Instead of designing a invite with that theme, I used one of their engagment photos taken by a photographer located in Madison.

Beard Iris

The Iris is a flowering plant with showy flowers. Its receives its name from the Greek word for rainbow, because of all wide variety of colors the flower comes in. This is a popular flower in the United States and an unspecified subspecies is the state flower of Tennessee. The yellow iris is the symbol of Brussels, since historically, Saint Gaugericus Island is covered with them. Today, this flower has become a feature on the flag of the Brussels-Capital Region. The Yellow Iris is also used in water purification. The roots improve the water quality by consuming nutrient pollutants, such as agricultural runoff. The following photos are photographs that I took in my own backyard. (The last photo is of a daisy, they are my favorite flower and I could not resits taking a photo of them!)