Still Life

I like this constructed still life because of its soft lighting, hues and props. A couple of suggestions I think would strengthen the shot would be to reveal the vase for the flowers so the hat doesn't cover it - Im feeling the vase, water and stems would look great against the chosen background. The hat and trowel could perhaps be their own story on the right of frame moving the flowers to their own space on the left. Potentially this would crop the flowers but that's ok, risky crops can really work sometimes. You could also try a little earth on the trowel and wood - like you often see in food photography where ingredients have dropped onto the surface. I like the wood surface a lot but it feels halfway between a straight horizon and a purposeful kink, I'd go a bit further I think to create more of an angle and perhaps try lowering the camera angle. Nice work.

This is a striking image from what appears to be a striking series. Further reading about the image informs us of the connection between the photographer and items belonging to a late friend. Clearly a lot of thought has gone into the setting and colour palette which can help the viewer build an image of the person that the work is about. They are very positive images that have come from a negative experience which is tough to do. Technically its beautifully lit creating a very soft shadow and peaceful set. Im sure the final charity calendar will be a success and your friend would be proud.

White on white! You've set yourself a technical challenge there and done very well with it. A couple of things you could try I think would be to have the flowers more open as they look a little flat, perhaps turning the left flower in to camera more to reveal the green inner and propping them up. The reflection on the bottle right side is good but the other reflections in the glass could perhaps be controlled - a piece of card near the subject (out of frame) to stop the reflection hitting. Or of course these could be touched out in photoshop but I always encourage the first approach! Lastly I might try having the bottle and flowers in focus as the bottle is softer due to your dof choice of the macro lens. You could increase the aperture here. I feel this would help the subjects to pop from the background more and if you do use photoshop/lightroom you could try the white background slightly brighter.

What a wonderful colour palette this image has. I really like the cyan tone with the rust of the old tools. Compositionally I feel this could be made stronger by perhaps moving the tools to have more space around them, creating a slightly less busy scene. For example maybe the vice from above on the right would be better out of shot (would make a lovely study on its own, side on) and the centre piece without the spanners underneath. An increase in ISO here would eliminate the slight camera shake as its shot at SS 1/30 - Perhaps pushing to ISO 400 or put on a tripod with release cable. Potentially a rich subject with your colour treatment.