Does having your photo taken bring up flashbacks to awful school photos? You feel sweaty, awkward and suddenly you have no idea where on earth you normally put your hands (ugh…hands).

Fair. It’s a pretty vulnerable thing to do really, and all of us have our hangups. Taking grouse photos it only a small part of my job, the bigger thing is getting you both to feel comfortable, fantastic and confident in front of the ol’ lens.

Comfortable! How?

My go-to technique is getting you chatting. Two points of contact at all times face each other, tell me about your first date, who texted first? Who tried to play it cool but totally failed? What were your first impressions of each other? I’m not just nosy, this gets you laughing, giggling and reminiscing about really nice stuff on the day. That’s the good stuff and that’s what I photograph. All the photos above of people laughing? It’s actual real laughter. We create those moments together. You also don’t need to spend 1+ hours just doing photos if you don’t want to. Get the good stuff then go party!

Of course we get the safe and equally important stuff too, family photos, the shot of you both looking at the camera in ya stunning outfits. The rest of the day I’m a candid creature, capturing the fabulous little moments and not getting in the way.