Flower photography should be done either during golden hours or on a cloudy day since soft and diffused light reflects the true colour of flowers. However, shade on flower with an umbrella during bright light can also give reasonable pictures of flowers.
If you are using the studio setting, make use of the back-light behind the flower to make petals glow. Specially, when it is windy, bring the flower pot inside the room for the photography.
Get closer to the flower, possible to minimum focusing distance, to take well defined image of the small flowers
For details, macro photography with zoom in on the flower or its interesting part can be used.
To avoid a cluttered background, one should create a plain uniform background with a cardboard piece behind the flower.
Also, you may set camera at shallow depth of field (wide aperture) with high shutter speed to bring the flower stays sharp with blurred background.
For an unusual and unique flower picture, just move around the plant for shift-and-tilt photography by trying different position, angles and focal lengths. For instance, you may take picture of the flower from behind and below as well as down from above
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