It is no secret I find relaxation in taking flower photos. I do it for the sheer joy and simplicity because so much of my photography career is fast paced, low light, action events. And I need a destressor so flowers and a camera/ iPhone camera will do it for me often.

Oddly enough some of my awards are for the images I take for fun, so it is nice that my destressor still pushes me forward as a photographer.

Several years ago my aunt and I planted a Dogwood in her front yard and this year was the first year it has gotten a few blooms.

Check them out below.