About joanne

Artist Statement: Artist, Photographer, dedicated gardener and wild life protector. Style: Digital brushes are used to enhance features but not to change shade or distinguishing marks. Credit: Creator of ArtistGarden.net Artist who inspired me: Robert Bateman, Alain Briot and Bryan Peterson My Studio: Camera: Canon EOS 40D Software: Photoshop and Corel Painter, Niks Software, onONe Software, Topaz Labs

Zoom Lens

Canon EFS 17-85mm

Aranjuez large cup daffodil bred by Warnaar & Co. Photographed indoors and up close. (Joanne McKinnon)Due to bad weather, I had no choice but to bring this daffodil indoors to create this shot.
The weather went from so so to bad the day before they started to open.
Not easy to photograph when the flowers are facing downwards.

Placed in a vase it took a day for the flower to face up.
Since colour is very important, I only used natural light.
The details are also important, so I got as close as I could with my EFS 17-85mm lens, which is 13.8″ (35 cm).
To reduce camera shakes, I used the tripod and the timer.

Up close, you can clearly see the pollen on the stamens.
Now I’m thinking of adding an Extension Tube to my kit, so I can get even closer.

Pricing

Portfolio

White Nicole, ivy pelargonium with magenta markings on the upper petals fine art print (Joanne McKinnon)Over the week-end, I’ve made a few changes to the Portfolio.
Now there is a new page that explains how I calculate the price of each print.
What is the difference?
All my artwork begins as simple reference photos for my garden’s encyclopedia.
A few of the more outstanding varieties are retouched with brushwork.
This I do with Photoshop digital brushes and with Corel Painter.
Then the artwork is printed on the finest paper.
I hope that my work will inspire you to become a collector.