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The gardens at the Hillwood Estate offer incredible opportunities for flower photography in the spring! Learn how to use all of your lenses to take beautiful photos of the blooming spring flowers!
Photographer
$ 109
Adjoining the very elegant and popular Hillwood Museum in upper northwest Washington, the gardens offer incredible opportunities for photography – the paths, the mansion, the greenhouse, the statuary, and the refurbished Japanese Gardens. You will pick up some tips on garden and estate photography and the use of your Macro lens. In late April to early May, the gardens are full of blooming plants – Tulips, and other spring flowers, and especially the acres of azaleas that are planted everywhere in the manicured garden. The extraordinary view of the azaleas starts from the moment when you drive into the Hillwood Estate. The azalea blossoms tower over your car, from shrubs that were planted years ago. Everywhere you turn, there is an explosion of color! Photographer Sherryl Belinsky will be there to guide you into best techniques of macro close-up flower photography without tripods, giving tips on composition, white balance, exposure, and the blurring of backgrounds.
Also tour the museum while at Hillwood – non-flash photography is now allowed inside the museum, with its with its extraordinary collection of Faberge eggs and other Russian artifacts. Ms. Belinsky will provide instruction on low-light shooting without a tripod inside a museum.
The safari fee includes admission to the Museum.
Photo by Sherryl Belinsky
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- Camera
- Lenses, including long zooms and macros
- Extra memory cards
- Extra charged battery
- Accessories such as filters, remote release
- Weather appropriate clothing
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Meet at the Museum’s visitor center entrance on 4155 Linnean Ave NW. The closest METRO is Van Ness/UDC on Red Line. Parking is available at the Museum for safari participants only. Mention Washington Photo Safari when entering gate.
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Sherryl is an award-winning photographer who lives in Northern Virginia. She started her love affair with photography over 45 years ago, when she bought her first SLR (film) camera – a Pentax K1000, and her boyfriend (now her husband of 44 years) who was studying Fine Art at George Washington University taught her the principles of photography. Over the years, she has continued to practice and fine tune her skills as a photographer, although when her two sons were young, they were the subjects of the majority of her photos! As her sons grew older and she had more “free time”, she picked up her camera and started looking for a variety of subjects again. Her favorite types of photography are flower and nighttime (especially fireworks!).
She bought her first digital camera in late 2001, and her latest, a mirrorless camera, in 2024. About 12 years ago, she started going on safaris with WPS and taking workshops, which has enabled her to learn new techniques and refine her ever-expanding skillset.