Engagement Session Photography Tips

Photography
TIPS || BEHIND THE SCENES OF AN ENGAGEMENT SESSION
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#engagementphotography #behindthescenes

In this video I share behind-the-scenes of one of my engagement sessions. I talk you through my thought process of how I work with my clients and make them comfortable in front of my camera. And as long as they have a wonderful experience and pretty photos they will be happy to refer me to their friends and family in the future and this is how I will keep growing my photography business.

Here are the tips I am mentioning in the video but of course I talk through them in a lot more detail there:
~ choose the location with the best light to make sure it matches your style of photography
~ guide your clients in posing that compliments them
~ always compliments your clients as much as possible
~ finish photographing in a spot that might not be perfect and just don't deliver those images but don't discourage your client by giving them negative feedback
~ create plenty of variety by doing flow posing
~ take photos with landmarks in the background
~ using sitting poses when possible
~ take them to the beach or city for the best looking light :)
~ ask your engaged couple to practice their first dance and it will create lots of posing opportunities and emotional closeness
~ use the engagement session location to the fullest of it potential (like get in the water, sit on the rocks and have fun)

If you would like to see full blog post from this engagement session see - http://www.yanashellmanphotogr....aphy.com/cape-may-en

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ABOUT ME:
I am a wife, a mom of 2 little boys, a wedding photographer, a business owner, a stay at home and work at home mom. Russian born, Ukrainian raised now an American, I love seeing progress in things I am working on while munching on a piece of chocolate and taking walks with my kiddos.

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