How I Work a Wedding

I get this compliment consistently from couples and it is seriously the greatest thing someone can say to me:

“You made us feel so comfortable.”

Comfortable! Sure I want you to love your images, but good Lord that is not going to happen with awkward silence, gritty teeth, nervousness, and feeling like your photographer is a stranger.

When I meet brides at a consult, we can start with a handshake, but after an hour or two of chatting and laughing, we end it with a hug and exchanging numbers. I believe in connection and I believe it’s the linking piece between photos that are pretty and photos that are YOU. I work to make you comfortable.

When it’s time for your engagement session, we talk about how this feels weird for a little bit because it DOES! It’s not natural to cuddle up in a park with people everywhere and giggle and snuggle, people don’t really do this (or at least not the people I know!). We break any feeling of awkwardness by talking, laughing, I set up your poses, I give you complete clear specific directions for hands, smiles, rest assured I’ve got this! Within 15 minutes, your fiancé has found this isn’t that bad after all (when they tell me that, that’s the second-best compliment!), and you two feel loose and comfortable.

I have dozens of couple’s posing techniques etched into my brain in a range of different height situations, I know exactly what we need and I make it happen. I get overly excited when we have great light and when we get “the” shot, and I’m a big sharer of the back of my camera to let you guys know how AMAZING you look!