Free Demonstration on Photographing Flowers
Session Six: Editing
We now have an image of a flower. We have more than one, dozens, in fact, of alternate images of multiple poses. We must act swiftly to keep from becoming one of those grandparents you avoid in the grocery store, with their albums full of the latest poses. It is time to edit.
The difference between a snapshot and the photograph we are looking for is that a snapshot is a reminder of significance. The best the snapshot can hope for is to not get in the way. A successful flower photograph, on the other hand, is a deliberate act. It contains its own significance and carries its meaning even to strangers. The criteria for this deliberate act are not new. They are from the same framework of decisions used during the making of the image, but this time it is the image itself and not the subject we will use as a starting place.
In our sixth week of flower photography we looked at several images, using the same five steps that brought us here. We interviewed the images, looking for compelling individuals, not for reminders of flowers we once knew. We looked for framing, focus and lighting choices that contribute rather than distract, and for the steady hand and exposure that make it work. We settled on two, and next week we will talk about the final 
