{"id":3877,"date":"2015-12-27T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=3877"},"modified":"2015-12-27T09:00:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T14:00:24","slug":"the-joy-of-flower-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/the-joy-of-flower-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"THE JOY OF FLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flower photography has really become one of my favourite areas of photography. There is something so amazing to capture the blossoming beauties and knowing that its blooms won&#8217;t always be there. You have to be present and enjoy the moment as it is.\u00a0It&#8217;s not about wishing for something better or waiting for the future. Flowers are a beautiful reminder that life is fleeting, so you have to live it fully.\u00a0Currently, one of my dreams are to travel and photograph gardens from around the world, especially England and France.<\/p>\n<p>#flowers #garden #jasmine #Toronto #travel #tourism #joy #beauty<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3878 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6289.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Flowers-6289\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6295.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3879 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6295.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Flowers-6295\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6305.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3880 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6305.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Flowers-6305\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6307.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3881 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6307.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Flowers-6307\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6291.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3882 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6291.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Flowers-6291\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6326.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3883 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6326.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Flowers-6326\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6327.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3884 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6327.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Flowers-6327\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6328.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3885 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_Flowers-6328.jpg\" alt=\"AndreaMai_Flowers-6328\" width=\"727\" height=\"1090\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flower photography has really become one of my favourite areas of photography. There is something so amazing to capture the blossoming beauties and knowing that its blooms won&#8217;t always be there. You have to be present and enjoy the moment as it is.\u00a0It&#8217;s not about wishing for something better or waiting for the future. Flowers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_garden-7008.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3849,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/a-symbol-of-happiness\/","url_meta":{"origin":3877,"position":0},"title":"A SYMBOL OF HAPPINESS","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"November 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I went to Allan Gardens in Toronto to check out their conservatory. It was a larger greenhouse than I thought it would be! It was quite an enjoyable outing for me. They had their Chrysanthemum flower show on, and I took these images. 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I'd like to raise funds for travel to do\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/category\/art\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AndreaMai_Flowers-1443","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndreaMai_Flowers-1443.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndreaMai_Flowers-1443.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndreaMai_Flowers-1443.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndreaMai_Flowers-1443.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4489,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/lush-green-paradise\/","url_meta":{"origin":3877,"position":2},"title":"LUSH GREEN PARADISE","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"March 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I love that in the winter time, I can down those cold weather\u00a0sorrows in warmth and sunlight at a conservatory. Here's my collection of photos from a recent visit To Allan Gardens in Toronto.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/category\/art\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AndreaMai_Flowers-0808","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndreaMai_Flowers-0808.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndreaMai_Flowers-0808.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndreaMai_Flowers-0808.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndreaMai_Flowers-0808.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3616,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/beauty-in-unexpected-places\/","url_meta":{"origin":3877,"position":3},"title":"BEAUTY IN UNEXPECTED PLACES","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"September 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A few\u00a0weeks ago, I was shooting portrait photos at Brookfield Place in the financial district of Toronto. There was a courtyard at the side of the building that I had never been to before. I noticed a little entrance way that is tucked behind an elevated platform of trees and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/category\/art\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AndreaMai_lotus-1485","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AndreaMai_lotus-1485.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AndreaMai_lotus-1485.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AndreaMai_lotus-1485.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/AndreaMai_lotus-1485.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4122,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/evergreen-garden\/","url_meta":{"origin":3877,"position":4},"title":"EVERGREEN GARDEN","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"December 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I returned to Allan Gardens, and to my surprise, everything was moved and replaced with plants and flowers in preparation for the Christmas show. 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(The show official starts on December 6, 2015) #trees #evergreens #gardens #winter #Christmas #Toronto #birds","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/category\/art\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AndreaMai_garden-6987","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_garden-6987.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_garden-6987.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_garden-6987.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/andreamaicreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/AndreaMai_garden-6987.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4620,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/allan-gardens-spring-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":3877,"position":5},"title":"IT&#8217;S OK TO LIKE FLOWERS","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"March 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Alain de Botton is a contemporary philosopher that recently released a book called Art As Therapy. 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