Mario’s Note: True to his Thursday appointment, one more week Vicente Nadal brings us tips and tricks that will help improve your photographic results.Today is couple’s photography.
Whether it’s serving friends or getting your hands on couple photography, you may find it difficult to get into this subsection of portrait photography, so the idea of today’s article is that from now on, you can produce pictures of couples that will leave your friends open-mouthed.
- The main thing to do in a couple’s photo is to capture their complicity.
- Their looks.
- Their good vibes.
- The joy they give off when they are together.
- Etc.
- This happiness and joy must be reflected in the photos and that is where these little tricks will help you Are you ready?.
Any respected couple photo shoot must have a minimum of preparation.Make an appointment with the couple to agree on the terms of the session.This preparation appointment will help you in two main things:
In this conversation, you should agree in detail with the couple on the following:
1.The style of the photos. It allows you to concrete with them and know what their tastes and preferences are, in addition it can influence the rest of the decisions.In addition, as a good photographer, you should know how to adapt to the taste of your customers (or friends), you have to make portraits that they especially like.Whether it’s for your personal taste or not, it would be secondary.
2.Session location. If they are romantic photos, there will be more suitable places, if they are more informal photos, there will be others that will adapt better.
3.The schedule, because it is essential to have a good light, except at noon by the shadows produced by the sun, almost any schedule can be good but if you want to take more interesting photos outdoors or on the beach, the sunrise or sunset hours are the best.To help you plan your calendar, I recommend this article that introduces some apps for outdoor photography.
4.La clothing, not only because it affects style, but also the convenience of making certain poses or the possibility of changing clothes one or more times.
5.Add-ons.They are a fundamental element to make a difference. Carry a folding chair, a blanket to sit on, a large basket of snacks with a few glasses and a bottle of sparkling wine in the trunk of the car, etc.examples of things that can help you finish giving that different touch to your session, here you can include personal elements of the couple, items that have been given away or that remind them of a special moment in their life.
6.Si you need to travel somewhere else for your couple photos, you need to plan well the mode of transport and the time you need to get to the session site and get back in time for your photos.other commitments you may have.
With this conversation with the bride and groom you should have everything well planned for a successful session, now all that is missing is the day of the photo shoot.
On the day of the session just before you start, it is good to take a look at the work plan with the couple, in what order the photos, decorations, costumes, etc. will be made.
Above all, it is very important that you get in good spirits and joy, you will infect your partner and it is always very positive for the photographic result.
During the couple’s photo shoot, you must respect the style agreed with them but, in addition, you must have several types of photos that will give you variety:
1.Photos stolen. That is, loose photos of the couple, photos, taken in a totally improvised way, to make these photos you have to be attentive, with the camera pointing while the couple is chatting animatedly or playing, be very patient to capture this special photo.
2.Photos posed. For this the best thing is that you take some sketches and sketches of poses to be able to copy?Yes, copying poses is allowed and nothing happens.
3. Intimate photos. It is these photos in which the looks or gestures are more personal, photos in which the couple seems alone and totally absent from this world.
To have this variety of couple photos, you are the driver, you have to direct them, it is best to mix moments of improvisation with moments of pose, so you modulate the stress that you can cause them with your instructions.
Here are some additional tips to help you achieve your goal more easily:
Above all patience is very important both to take the photos you are looking for and to provoke the situations you need, the first photos will surely not be good, it makes sense, the couple gets in a situation and you test the waters, learn how they move and what gestures or faces are real and un forced.
As for the composition of poses, I also recommend reading this article on the creativity of risky frames, which can be helpful.
You can also buy the “Posing App” (for iPhone and Android) that offers many pose schemes for couple photos, it only costs 2.29 euros.Or look for inspiration on Pinterest.
I hope that this series of tips and tricks will help you when putting them into practice.Because that’s what it’s all about, “putting it into practice.” Everything you read will be useless until you practice it.
Enjoy.