Roses at Brookside Gardens

Over the weekend I spent some time photographing in the Rose Garden at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland. Even with the heat and the rain we’ve been having in the DC area, I found plenty to photograph. All these photos were taken with my Lensbaby Velvet 56 lens. I usually don’t talk about what gear I use to take my photos – but in this case, I choose to use my Lensbaby since I knew it would give me the nice soft out of focus backgrounds I wanted in my photos. It’s a whole lot easier to minimize flowers that aren’t in great shape when you can easily capture them in softer focus.

I thought I’d share a few of my photos from Brookside Gardens with you today.