This book is for all who have wanted to capture the beauty of flowers in photographs, but felt they lacked the experience to succeed. With 215 vivid colour photographs of a wide range of flowers, professional photographer Lucian Niemeyer takes readers through the steps necessary to create artful colour photographs, including the right choices of settings, lighting, colour palette, and equipment, photographic techniques, and documentation and storage of the resulting images. He shows how flowers from the United States, Brazil, Africa, Bali, the Caribbean, Europe, and Canada were photographed in widely varied settings, under morning and evening skies. He shows various tones and moods that may be achieved when proper photographic techniques are applied. AUTHOR: Lucian Niemeyer is a professional photographer who calls Santa Fe, New Mexico, home. SELLING POINTS: -Photographic study of flowers around the globe -Presents tips on proper photographic techniques -Reviews camera equipment and features required ILLUSTRATIONS 215 colour photographs *