Meet Mike and Kamaya.
Kamaya contacted me a month or two ago to photograph their wedding. At our first meeting she told me she didn’t want to do engagement pictures because she hates pictures. This is a common comment from grooms, but from a bride this is a little more unique. I convinced Kamaya to do the engagement session and promised she would not regret it.
Does this next picture not just melt your heart?
Kamaya and Mike were at such ease with each other and their love and affection for one another was so genuine it made my job easy.
As we wrapped up the session I told Kamaya to whisper something in Mike’s ear…something tells me his response was a whole lot better!
One more favorite from the day.
Mike and Kamaya I can’t wait to photograph your wedding and I hope I have made good on my promise that you would enjoy your engagement session!
Meet Kristin and Ben.
Kristin and Ben are getting married in August. Yes, I said August! For those not familiar with Arizona weather the temperature here in August is usually 110 degrees or hotter! But it’s a dry heat!
Judging by how well they handled the heat for their engagement session they will have a great wedding not matter the temperature!
Here are a couple of my favorite images from their engagement session at Tempe Town Lake.
Love these last few images…sunset images are so fun!
A special thank you to my awesome second shooter (my brother) for helping me out with this session.
See you in a couple of weeks Kristin and Ben!
Meet Stefanie and Jeff.
We went to ASU to take their engagement pictures and since I graduated from ASU I couldn’t have been happier to walk around my old campus!!
Check out these pictures near Old Main.
These next few are definately my favorite of the day. I LOVE the colors of this purple tree.
A lot has changed at ASU, but Palm Walk still looks the same.
A few more of my favorites.
Stefanie and Jeff I had a great time shooting your engagement pictures and I can’t wait for your wedding in October!
This will be a two part series on how to get great pictures at your wedding or engagement session.
Let’s start with engagement pictures.
Understand that 99% of all couples are a little nervous/uncomfortable in front of the camera. This is the main reason why we do the engagement session. This provides me not only a great opportunity to get to know each of you better, but also understand what techniques help keep you relaxed in front of the camera.
I will use some of Sue and Paul’s pictures. You might remember them from my post here.
Step No 1: Don’t be so hard on yourself.
Almost every couple I have ever photographed at one point turned to me and said, “How are we doing?”.
Don’t worry about how you are doing. We will work as a team to get great pictures. Your only job is to not put too much pressure on yourself or your partner.
Especially in the beginning of a session couples are a little more nervous, but by the end of the session I promise that we will have some amazing and fun pictures.
You can see below the difference in body language from a picture taken in the very beginning of Sue and Paul’s session and one taken right at the end.
A picture from the beginning of the session.
Overall a good picture, but compare it to the picture below taken well into the session and see how the body language is totally different. They don’t even remember that I am there.
Step No. 2: Talk, hug, kiss, laugh, smile
You’ve gotten over the paparazzi like attention that you are receiving, but now you are not sure what to do. Stand, walk, sit, kiss…”What do you want us to do?” is another popular question that a lot of couples ask.
The simple answer is talk to each other , hug each other, kiss each other, laugh with each other. The more that you interact with your partner the better the pictures will be. Talk about how you met, how you got in engaged, memories that you share as a couple. This will bring out the natural emotion and playfulness in each of you which makes for great pictures.
Check out the pictures below where Sue and Paul were able to do just this.
And because I love so many of Sue and Paul’s engagement pictures here are a few more of my favorites.
Next week I will talk about how to make the most of your wedding pictures!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Super cute couple alert! Have you ever seen a couple out at dinner or maybe just walking by and you think to yourself…”they are sooooooo cute together”.
Well, meet Sue and Paul. They are that cute couple.
We met up at Scottsdale Civic Center for an engagement shoot and started out at the infamous LOVE statue. We worked our way all around the park and had a great time. Here are some of my favorite pictures.
These next few pictures are undoubtedly my favorite of the day.
I can’t wait to photograph their wedding in just a couple of months on May 23rd!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Last weekend I did an engagement session for Jillian and Peter at the Scottsdale Civic Center Plaza. We happened to pick the same day as a major arts and craft fair was taking place! We had planned to shoot a couple of pictures at the infamous LOVE statue, but it was quite crowded. We decided instead to take a walk around and found some other great spots.
Here are a couple of my favorite pictures from that day.
I owe Jillian and Peter a huge thank you for being very flexible and moving up their session time. My husband and I had just found out that morning that an offer we made to buy a house had been accepted and we were going to have to sign the paperwork (like a small forest of tree’s worth!) right when I had schedule the engagement shoot. Thank you!!!
I am also very excited that Jillian and Peter have asked me to photograph their wedding scheduled for November 7, 2009 at Tatum Ranch Golf Club.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
I wanted to post a couple of pictures from a recent shoot with Kara and Chris.
We started the shoot with them dressed up and they were not totally comfortable with having their picture taken, but quickly warmed up to the camera. Here are a couple of my favorite.
Doesn’t Kara have a GREAT smile!!
I love this one!!
Kara and Chris wanted to take some pictures of them in their football jerseys too! They were so much fun to shoot. They started playing football, hiking the ball and tackling each other. It made my job so easy to capture all of their fun!!
Time to relax after all of that playing around!
Kara and Chris you were so much fun and so cute! Thanks for letting me capture this day!
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