Photo Tip 9: Wind is a very frustrating aspect to photographing flowers. Even the slightest breeze makes flower photography impossible because to get the kind of depth of field you want, long shutter speeds are required. The tiniest movement in a petal or stem means a photograph that's not going to be sharp.

Many exotic species of flowers can be photographed in greenhouses and the air is perfectly still. There are many botanical gardens and arboretums that house hundreds of orchids and other interesting flowers that are easy to photograph because you've got soft, diffused light and no wind.

Jim Zuckerman left his medical studies in 1970 to turn his love of photography into a career. He has lectured and taught creative photography at many universities and private schools, including UCLA, Kent State University, the Hallmark Institute of Photography, and the Palm Beach Photographic Center. He also has led both domestic and international photo tours for 29 years to Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and the American Southwest.

Zuckerman has been a contributing editor to Photographic Magazine for 32 years. His images, articles and photo features have been published in hundreds of books and magazines including several Time-Life Books, publications of the National Geographic Society, Outdoor Photographer, Omni Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Science Fiction Age, Australia's Photo World, and Greece's Opticon. He is the author of twelve books on photography.

His work has been used for packaging, advertising, and editorial layouts in thirty countries around the world. Jim's images have also appeared in calendars, posters, greeting cards, and corporate publications.