Photographing Dahlias: From the Garden to Creative Editing

Join me for some creative dahlia photography, from an unexpectedly windy visit to a specialist Dahlia nursery to photographing these beautiful flowers at home. I’ll be experimenting with macro flower photography, focus stacking, a vintage Meyer Görlitz Primoplan lens and textures to create everything from detailed floral portraits to soft, dreamy images. We happened to be passing Halls of Heddon Dahlias in Northumberland and decided to pop in for a quick look. With thousands of dahlias in bloom, an incredible variety of flowers and plenty of butterflies and pollinators, it was a photographer’s dream… apart from the 30mph wind! Luckily, Michael treated me to a beautiful bouquet to take home, where the flowers were considerably better behaved. In this video I’ll show you my simple home setup using a light tent, printed backgrounds and diffused light. I’ll photograph the dahlias in several different ways — using my Sony A7III and 90mm macro lens for more detailed images, focus stacking for greater depth of field, and my vintage Meyer Görlitz Primoplan for something much softer and dreamier. And because I can rarely resist tinkering with a perfectly good photograph, I’ll also take a couple of the images into Photoshop and add textures to create a more painterly finish. 🌸 Want to explore creative textures and overlays? I’ve recently released The Creative Photographer’s Guide to Textures & Overlays, where I go much deeper into how I choose, layer, blend and mask textures to transform photographs and create atmosphere. It includes 15 creative textures, 15 photographs to practice with and five supporting videos, including a full real-time dreamy floral edit. ➡️ The Creative Photographer’s Guide to Textures & Overlays: https://tinyurl.com/textureebook 🎨 Texture packs used in this video: Floral Dreams: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/45669... Painterly/Watercolour: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/44733... 📷 Some of the equipment used: Sony A7III 90mm macro lens Meyer Görlitz Primoplan + M42 adapter and extension tube Tripod Light tent Printed photographic backgrounds Thanks so much for watching. If you enjoy creative photography, macro and close-up photography, flowers, fungi and experimenting with different techniques, I’d love to have you along for future videos. #DahliaPhotography #FlowerPhotography #CreativePhotography My Etsy shop for texture packs & full Submerged flower tutorial https://shorturl.at/JXOVl Equipment I often use - or as close as I could find, some of my equipment is up to 20 years old so I do not have links but I have found suitable alternatives that perform the same function Benro 3 way geared tripod head https://amzn.to/4cSF60j OM1 camera https://amzn.to/3QBoySY Olympus system Zuiko 90mm macro lens https://amzn.to/4vPC2KY Olympus MC20 2x converter https://amzn.to/48nO6ci Helping hands that I use https://amzn.to/3PZn4l8 Helping hands with up to 6 arms https://amzn.to/4sS4ObY Adjustable Microscope stand similar to the one I use https://amzn.to/4c0oOmY Or instead of a microscope stand you could use a lab lifting platform to hold petals and foil etc - these are very useful for close up or macro photography https://amzn.to/4e9SNtV Lab stand ( not the same as mine as mine is 15-20 years old but same idea) https://amzn.to/4cdMwuH Light tent https://amzn.to/3NQ75W3 Small portable diffuser - fits on lenses but can be held by helping hands https://amzn.to/4tzUgOv Sony 90mm macro lens https://amzn.to/4smYWX9 Sony A7iii camera https://amzn.to/4bZXaXb My website - www.angiwallacephotography.com My Instagram accounts -   / angiwallacephotography   main page   / submerged_flowers_     / texturetreasuretrove     / transcendent_realms   - abstract & ICM My Facebook pages   / angiwallacecreativephotographyandart     / reptileandfrogphotographer   00:00 Intro 00:29 Dahlia nursery 00:40 Plan 01:04 Halls of Heddon 02:41 Wind 04:17 Dahlia Bouquet 05.00 Photos at home 06:29 1st results 07:15 Vintage lens 09:10 Focus stacking 11:17 Adding textures 11:44 Texture Guide 12:59 summary