I know, it sounds ridiculous, but it will almost always get me real laughter and natural moments between the partners. I will ask one of them to whisper their favorite food in the other’s ear while using a sexy voice. One trick I always use is to have the couple face each other and tell one of them to look in my direction as the other tells them a secret that I have pre-planned. I’m not the type of photographer to choreograph every little hand placement or face tilt, but I do want the pictures to be beautiful and have natural reactions. As comfortable as you make people, they still likely won’t have experience being professionally photographed.
This is a conversation you want to have beforehand and decide together what spot works best.Īt the end of almost every initial client call, I always hear the disclaimer, “We’re not models, so we don’t know what to do.” When photographing couples, you always have to have tricks in your back pocket when trying to capture graceful but natural reactions.
As a photographer, you want the couple to feel comfortable in their environment and for the light to be good wherever you are. In an ideal world, you want to pick a location that feels like home to the couple. For example, I love photographing at Central Park, but at certain times of the day it can be filled with people that can distract and crowd the photo. You want the photos to be about the couple and not the distractions. I also look for places that aren’t overly crowded but would still create beautiful vignettes. I tend to seek natural light and always shoot for golden hour for most of the engagement photoshoot, and then, if it’s appropriate, I’ll bring a speedlight out at the end if the sun is starting to set.
It’s important to recognize how the light will be at that spot during the time of the session. When making recommendations for photoshoot locations, I first consider lighting.
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