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There’s an old adage that experienced photographers know when it comes to shooting sunsets: the best views are behind you. Do you doubt it? Take a look at Ansel Adams’ best work. It’s so easy to miss the beautiful light behind you when shooting that spectacular sunset. Yet often that soft light hitting a subject behind you can be more powerful.

Still, people almost always strive for the most dramatic — assuming that dramatic means best. It’s true that dramatic photos can sometimes take a person’s breath away. But I have found as I have grown in my own photography that the subtleties of life can be far more interesting.

That is why I find Angela Drury’s images so beautiful.

Her photography is remarkably understated — simple, clean lines. Muted colors. And yet with each understated photo, I find a powerful beauty. She clearly avoids the balls-out drama of a purple-colored sky in favor of quiet, simple form and beauty. Her Iceland gallery appeals to me the most. But all her work is really quite beautiful.

I think when it comes to photography it is always important to remember that more is not necessarily more. Less is more. It is so tempting to photograph the “sunset” (a metaphor for anything that draws the eye of every single photographer) while completely missing the small moments that really pack more power and feeling on a small level than any “dramatic” photograph could.

I don’t know whether Ms. Drury looks behind her at sunsets. But I suspect she does.

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