
My floral travels map shows the many beautiful locations I have been able to visit. At a glance of the maps, you might be thinking that I live quite the charmed life gallivanting from city to city. I will say that I do believe I have a wonderful life, and I am quite blessed, but it’s not as simple as that: I’m a graphic artist. For the last 19 years, I’ve been a Managing Partner and Art Director for M30 Productions. That is the primary way I’ve been able to travel to most of the locations on my floral travels map.
There’s a lot of creative scheduling that allows me to photograph in so many different locations and to be able to share this beautiful blooming world of flowers.
At M30, we produce meetings and events for corporations, for global executives or sales people. It includes weeks or even months of initial preparation. Onsite we tackle the staging, lighting, videos, graphics and more. Each cue is called as each presenter comes to the podium. It’s a high-stress business, as every show/meeting is live, which means there can be no mistakes. We work early in the morning and often late into the evening. When asked what the weather is like where we’re staying we say it is 68º and dark, as most of our time is spent in a hotel ballroom. We travel to very nice places, but often it’s hard to squeeze in the time to enjoy them. Floating Petals, though, has been a great driving force of that. After the meeting has ended, we tie up any loose ends. We pack our bags, and I find my next destination to shoot before we travel home. With my camera equipment packed, my husband (a.k.a. my sherpa) willingly schleps around with me to each location, and I’m very grateful!
Paraphrasing a Monday’s Flower quote, life is short, so be sure to smell (or photograph) the flowers along the way. It has become my motto as I continue on this journey: my passion to share the beauty and power of flowers. I realize it may or may not seem like it but it’s a lot of hard work to keep this website going. There’s a lot of creative scheduling that allows me to photograph in so many different locations and to be able to share this beautiful blooming world of flowers. I appreciate all that my husband has done to help me make it happen. Also I appreciate each one of you for being a part of the journey.
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Desert Bluebell. Photographed @ Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ.
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