18. Soft Light.

18. Keep the light soft when shooting soft things. A soft light on the subject and the background helps the overall mood of the image. Hard light has it's place, but not when shooting your favorite soft objects.

17. Odd numbers.

17. Odd numbers. Generally speaking, when photographing several similar objects, odd numbers work better. Weather they are lined up or scattered, an odd number of people, flowers, babies or marshmallows works best. Don't know why . . . . it just does!