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About These Photographs
(NOTE: the Exhibit at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, Native Flowers: Gifts of Pollinators, has been added to the website. See tab above.)
I take pictures purely for fun and entertainment. I began photography in my early teens, dropped it for 50+ years as life got busy, and got interested in serious photography again around 2005 when really capable digital cameras became widely available, with picture quality that rivaled film. Digital was a game-changer in my view. It was new, different, technical, and interesting, and it permitted multiple shots at essentially zero marginal cost. I gave up trying to learn how to play golf, bought some new camera equipment, learned as much as I could about digital photography, and got serious about learning to take good pictures. The photographs on this website are the result of that renewed interest.
Since 2005, I have accumulated a number of photographs of flowers, plants, birds, and various other critters that I think are either beautiful or interesting or both. My motive in putting these photographs on-line is to make them available to others who might enjoy looking at them. They are not available for download or for any commercial purpose. Anyone interested in contacting me, please click the "Contact" tab above. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Most of the photographs of flowers were taken in either the Chapel Hill garden of my wife, Elizabeth Cate Pringle, or at places that we frequently visit in Transylvania County, NC. It was Betsy, a professional artist and wildflower expert, who first suggested flowers as a subject of my photography. Photographs of birds, insects, spiders and other wildlife were taken in various locations noted in the descriptions.
John Pringle
I take pictures purely for fun and entertainment. I began photography in my early teens, dropped it for 50+ years as life got busy, and got interested in serious photography again around 2005 when really capable digital cameras became widely available, with picture quality that rivaled film. Digital was a game-changer in my view. It was new, different, technical, and interesting, and it permitted multiple shots at essentially zero marginal cost. I gave up trying to learn how to play golf, bought some new camera equipment, learned as much as I could about digital photography, and got serious about learning to take good pictures. The photographs on this website are the result of that renewed interest.
Since 2005, I have accumulated a number of photographs of flowers, plants, birds, and various other critters that I think are either beautiful or interesting or both. My motive in putting these photographs on-line is to make them available to others who might enjoy looking at them. They are not available for download or for any commercial purpose. Anyone interested in contacting me, please click the "Contact" tab above. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Most of the photographs of flowers were taken in either the Chapel Hill garden of my wife, Elizabeth Cate Pringle, or at places that we frequently visit in Transylvania County, NC. It was Betsy, a professional artist and wildflower expert, who first suggested flowers as a subject of my photography. Photographs of birds, insects, spiders and other wildlife were taken in various locations noted in the descriptions.
John Pringle
Shortia galacifolia (Oconee Bells)
