I’m here to talk about the best way to whisk away your couples for some relaxed portraits on their wedding day and get some natural photos of the two of them together. Hello, I’m Simon, and I’ve been photographing weddings for over a decade now. I’m mainly a documentary photographer, so I want to take as little time out of a wedding day for couple portraits.
I also want to be as authentic to the couple and their relationship as possible. I really don’t want them looking back at their photos and thinking that’s not “us.” I’m not against photographers who spend a lot of time lighting and posing couples.
But for me, a wedding day should be a wedding day with some photos, not a photoshoot with some wedding day. So as you can guess, I’m not big on posing and controlling a couple. I want to capture their true personalities rather than fit into some sort of Disney Princess/James Bond wedding industry stereotype.
But I do like getting some relaxed portraits of a couple together, ideally with minimal intrusion on my part. Here’s what I’ve learned (so far) about achieving that. The most important thing when taking photos of people, especially in a portrait session, is that your energy is reflected right back at you.
So if you want a fun photograph, provide the feeling. If you want a quiet, contemplative, romantic portrait, then you need to provide the calm and quiet to let that happen. More will come from the energy you are providing than any posing.
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