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I would like to discuss style.  Photographic style is difficult to define, it’s like art you know it when you see it.  It’s a photographer’s unique signature, a look and feel about their work.  Once you have seen a few of their images you are able to pick their work out of a lineup of photographs.  I am not talking about always shooting the same type of subject, but about the feel of the body of work.  Some photographers and painters find what is popular with their audience and only product that illustration in slightly different versions over and over again.  That is not style that is commercial illustration.  Style is having the “eye” that produces consistent work and with experience no matter the subject matter.

I have only seen a few works by this photographer but I see the style in her work.  It might be referred to as Zen photography, images that have grace and simplicity with very little wasted information.  This style can be applied to any subject, be it landscapes or still life, flowers or buildings.

The combination of color and hew give this image a soothing tone.  The cleanness of the subject with the slightly curving stem leading to the flowers has a grace found in the classic forms.  You will note that there are four flowers not three.   This breaks one of the magic rules, but in this image it works quite well.  Would you have a better subject if there were only three, I don’t think so.

I would like to make a suggestion to the photographer.  The pink flower in the lower right and the pink in the background may be distracting and out of harmony with the rest of the image.

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