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32 Images That Exemplify Keeping it Simple

July 13, 2016 by Darlene Hildebrandt

Updated: December 30, 2021

As we are about to wrap up the current monthly photo challenge – simplify – I thought it might be inspirational, and keep you on track with this way of shooting to see some great examples.

The following images all have the same thing in common, they are clean and simple. There is no hidden message, and they aren’t confusing or complicated. Let’s have a look at SIMPLE:

Images that exemplify keeping it simple

As you look through the images below see if you notice a common thread among them? How many are black and white? Are they a lot of long exposures? Do you see more shot with a long lens or a wide one? How about depth of field, is it shallow or deep?

(Between The Parenthesis) by Nathaniel Merz on 500px.com

Castillo de Bellver ja Speculator by Antti Tassberg on 500px.com

Lotus Bud by James Fichera on 500px.com

Salt & Pepper by Patrick Chondon on 500px.com

Farmer

dandelion  by photo 21c on 500px.com

lovely by photo 21c on 500px.com

Beach Tower by Dennis Wierenga on 500px.com

touching by Noam  Cohen on 500px.com

Complimentary by Tim Green on 500px.com

alone by Elena Camilli on 500px.com

beauty of the simplicity by Michał Mierzejewski on 500px.com

Shell I by Eduard Gorobets on 500px.com

Victorious Life by Matt Jackisch on 500px.com

Blue by Drew Hopper on 500px.com

Sunset Cat by Marji Lang on 500px.com

Simplicity by Salvo Esse on 500px.com

Sunny days in Barcelona by Miłosz Rebeś on 500px.com

drapeau by Kimberly Poppe on 500px.com

Blue carelessness by Vadim Martynenko on 500px.com

Pars Tower by Morteza Karami Jam on 500px.com

eternal softness by Tobias Gawrisch on 500px.com

Trains by Christoph Müller on 500px.com

Ease by Elina Karaeva on 500px.com

Getting the image... by Daniel Parent on 500px.com

Xa loi chai Yên Bái, Vietnam by Sarawut Intarob on 500px.com

Smile {Tibet} by Sarawut Intarob on 500px.com

Lovers In Solitude by Wilfredo Lumagbas Jr. on 500px.com

About Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt, Master of Photographic Arts (MPA), is a Canadian photography educator and the founder of Digital Photo Mentor. She holds Canada's highest professional photography designation from Professional Photographers of Canada, served as Managing Editor of Digital Photography School, and represented Canada on Team Canada at the 2025 World Photographic Cup. With over 35 years of experience, from darkroom film retouching to modern digital editing, more than 17,000 students have learned to edit with confidence through her structured online courses in Luminar Neo and Lightroom Classic and the Digital Photo Mentor Community.

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