All about the Light

The above image was shot on a Nikon d700 a sigma art 35 f1.4 I loved the gardens and the path.  I asked the couple to walk down the path from the top.  Once I was at a distance, they started walking..  This shot was taken in the hour before it gets dark. The above
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Tips for Photographing Couples Editorial Style

I set up a medium soft box to camera left at 1/200, f/8, ISO 200 with the strobe’s power at 1/4 power.  I had them stand in front of a plain white wall and stand super close to each other.  It’s always a bit awkward at first but then they laugh because it’s uncomfortable and
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Tips for Capturing Authentic Moments

 Make sure your clients are comfortable.  This could be photographing them in a spot that’s “theirs” like their home or somewhere they  frequent, but also when suggesting a pose, make sure they look and feel comfortable.  If they aren’t, it will show in their photos.  Incorporate as much of them as you can to make
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Cheese: The “F” Word Of Photography

If one more person tells my child to say, cheese. I’m going to threaten to say the F word to theirs. JUST KIDDING. That would be bad, very bad. But at the sake of sounding ridiculous, they are just setting my kid to look like a complete weirdo in his photos. Case & Point –
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