Have you ever felt challenged photographing beautiful flowers? It's hard to get the lighting just right and if done outdoors the slightest movement by the wind can cause the resulting images to be blurry. Well here is an interesting article from Pixiq that explains a simple and effective method of photographing flowers. Float them in a bowl!
Heather Angel writes:
It all began when I collected a water lily from our garden pond for a still life shot à la Mapplethorpe. After rummaging through two cupboards filled with an array of vases and containers, nothing seemed a perfect match. So I decided to cut off nearly all the stem and simply float the flower in a large bowl of water.