These three new photos were published for Catherine's 40th birthday.
But they are even more spectacular when you understand the hidden message she's sending
to the world... that you're about to find out.
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First, the fact that it was not a single photo but three is intentional, because the hidden
message is split among them.
And it makes sense because each one is unique on their own.
One is the classic pose facing left, there's a unique close up and finally the one with
the red dress.
The group of pictures gives two messages.
First, that Catherine is a woman of many angles and dimensions.
That's what makes a person interesting, when you can always discover something new about
them, such as her piano playing skills.
But at the same time the fact that you have one picture facing left, one close up and
one facing right, projects the idea of balance.
Of equilibrium.
And that has a lot to do with the way she has been forging her own place in the Royal
Family.
There has been no rush, but a steady and balanced effort year after year.
In terms of body language, the most relevant is the close up.
A genuine smile, looking straight into the camera that is close enough so we can detail
her expression.
But this one has a characteristic, that is the softest contrast and a bit of blur to
it.
It is a way of softening the fact that it's a picture of her face, front and center.
So a high contrast, crisp color photo could have been too self centered for Kate's personality.
So that's why a soft contrast photo works best for a close-up.
It's important to remember that this kind of photos, as in... any kind of portrait is
a channel to represent the person's character and personality.
In this case it's much more interesting, because we have three pictures that we can compare
with one another.
And I think the best comparison is between the classical one and the red dress.
It's much easier when we put them side by side so we can compare their characteristics
and how they send this secret message that Catherine wanted to convey for her birthday.
The first one transports us instantly to that style of classical portraits where the model
is facing left.
In this case she's completely turned so we can see her profile.
At the same time this is the picture that is farther away from the camera so it makes
it a bit more impersonal.
But even being impersonal, this picture is really important because it depicts Catherine's
intention of remaining loyal to traditions.
You have a classical, traditional, quite impersonal photo, and that's more or less what entails
the formal duties of a senior royal.
The selfless service for a Monarchy of hundreds of years.
That's why it also has that SEEpia tone, to give that feeling of coming from a long time
ago.
There is another very important clue to this picture that you might have already noticed,
but before we delve into that, it's important to take a look at the red dress.
Obviously, the only photo of the three that has color on it, and WHAT A WAY to use color.
Red is, without a doubt, the most powerful color there is.
It is VAItality, it is energy, it is drive, and in this case it dominates almost 40 percent
of the picture.
So, red in this case is used as a statement of power.
Yes, you have a full, genuine, warm smile, but the color of Catherine's dress sends a
very clear message: You don't want to mess with her.
But it's not like a confrontation or anything, because she is not facing the camera with
her torso.
Her body is in fact facing to the right side of the frame.
If you imagine an arrow that represents her direction, it's the same direction that we
read, from left to right.
Facing the right side of the frame represents movement, advance, progression.
She's going forward.
This is the complementary mirror image of the classical photo.
But in this case she's depicting her mission as ambassador of the Royal Family in modern
times.
And you know that, from the times we're living, it is no easy task.
That's why the statement of the red dress is for.
And there is one very special signal that really caught my attention and was the fact
that her hand is concealed.
Well, just the fact that her dress has pockets is something that subverts what you usually
expect from a dress, so by association, she's also sending a message to be more than willing
to subvert your expectations of what a senior royal can achieve.
But again, the concealed hand is the perfect analogy of the sentence, "having an ace up
your sleeve"... or in this case, in your pocket.
But this is a risky concept, because when you cannot see people's hands, it takes down
a bit of trust.
Because hands in pockets, or hidden hands is also a representation of hidden intentions.
Not necessarily negative intentions, but more like secret plans.
To be fair, nobody can be completely transparent about their plans, because that takes away
the element of surprise, and if you can't surprise people, then... you're a very boring
person.
Also, it depends of who is the audience of your message.
Who you really care about.
People that are NOT Catherine's fans will just feel this as suspicious.
But you can very well guess that she's NOT sending her message to THOSE people.
This is a message to her supporters, her fans, anyone that wants her to succeed.
"I still got surprises in store for you".
And this is an important lesson for us.
We will never be able to please everybody, so we might as well focus our message on the
people we truly care about.
The people that wants us to ascend.
And ascension is another concept that is present in this picture, just for the fact that is
the highest contrast photo of the three.
The lines of the dress, together with her head, form a triangle.
In fact, one of the lines of her dress starts right at the bottom right corner of the photo.
You might remember that triangles often appear in Catherine's pictures, and triangles are
a symbol of ascension, of leveling up.
It's like the very subtle nod in her close up photo to another common, related symbol
of this concept, that is the Yin and Yang.
It's really easy to spot the circling pattern in her dress.
Another way to represent constant evolution, and at the same time have your feminine and
masculine energy balanced.
And you already know that 'balance' was a concept projected with all three photos together.
Also, the fact that in the red dress photo she's wearing earrings borrowed from Her Majesty
The Queen, is a symbol of confidence in her as part of this new generation of Royals.
It's also interesting that both the classical picture and the red dress work independently,
but if you put them side by side in the right order, the lines of one, the classical, easily
flow into the red dress and our gaze flows into Catherine's smile looking at us.
That is yet another way of mastering those little details to give the message of a multi
dimensional woman that knows her responsibility of connecting the classic with the modern.
And that connection is the last secret clue that I had not discussed about the classic
picture.
Catherine's hair is flowing in the wind.
It is not just falling.
It has a movement.
So that's that's a simmilarity, a bridge with the red dress photo, focusing in dynamism,
in being active, moving and never stopping.
In my opinion, the right way to appreciate this triad would be the classical first, then
the red dress and finally the close up photo.
In this way you have the complete gradient from formal duty, to avant-garde royal, to
Catherine as a woman, with the more personal, close-up photo.
They say that life starts at 40, and I think these three pictures are the best way to send
the message that, for Catherine, she's just getting started.
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