Last school year, I assisted with a photography class at Fraser Valley Adventist Academy.  Every couple of weeks, I was able to join the class, teach a few conepts, and even go along on field trips.  Towards the end of June, we went to Minter Gardens in Chilliwack.  If you’ve never been here before then you are really missing out.  It is one of the most gorgeous gardens I’ve ever visited.   As we arrived, we took care of payment and then organized ourselves.  Most of the photography students were eager to get going and discover what Minter had to offer.  I gathered my equipment and headed out after them.

I was drawn immediately to these unusual “tulip-looking” flowers.  Unusual, solely because I had never seen anything quite like them.  The lighting wasn’t the best, but I decided to see what I could do nonetheless.  I spent a few moments trying out a few new lighting tricks I had recently read about and the resulting image was Forgotten Flower.

That image ended up being my first and last of the day.  My camera, being one of only a couple of SLRs, was used the rest of the day for practice by a number of the students.  Forgotten Flower is D-Roc Photography’s featured print for the month of August.  This whole month, it is available for purchase in our store for 50% off.