Mario's Note: True to his Thursday appointment, one more week Vicente Nadal brings us tips and tricks that will help improve your photographic results. Today the thing is about couples photography. Whether it is to do a favor to a couple of friends, or to start giving your first steps in couples photography, it may be difficult for you to introduce yourself in this subsection of portrait photography. So the idea of ??today's article is that you can, right now, produce photographs of couples that leave your friends with their mouths open. The main thing to take pictures of a couple is to capture their complicity, their looks, their good vibes, the happiness they give off when they are together, etc. That happiness and joy must be reflected in the photographs and this is when these little tricks will help you. You are ready?
SESSION PREPARATIONS
Any photo shoot worth its salt must have a minimum of preparation. Make an appointment with the couple to agree on the terms of the session. This preparation appointment will help you in two fundamentally things:- You will improve the empathy and communication you have with the couple.
- You will have a more professional recognition that will make them trust you and be advised.
THE BIG DAY HAS ARRIVED
During the photo session you must respect the style agreed with them but, in addition, you must have several types of photos that will give you variety: 1. Stolen photos. In other words, photos not inns, snapshots, taken completely improvised. To achieve these photos you have to be attentive, with the camera pointing while the couple talks animatedly or plays. Have a lot of patience to capture that special photo. 2. Photos posed. For this, it is best that you take some sketches and sketches of poses to copy ... yes, copying is allowed and nothing happens. 3. Intimate photos. They are those photos in which the looks or gestures are more personal, photos in which the couple seems to be alone and totally absent from this world.- Tell them to play, chase each other, throw water or tickle each other. There are many games that can be done as a couple to cause a smile or a laugh. That happiness of a good moment is captured in the photograph and they will endure in time how well they had fun
- Have romantic things said in your ear, first one and then the other, like that for a while. If they do it sincerely, their mood will be wrapped in that intimate love they share and you can achieve some intimate and credible photos. Sometimes, they can feel blushed by your presence or cut, they will start laughing, and there you throw yourself to capture a few snapshots, thus having the previous trick achieved
- When you pose them, do not force them like a puppet to adopt a position. Let them make an interpretation of the pose themselves, feel comfortable. If you see them forced, they are not comfortable, do not take the picture. Tell them the truth and do something else.
TO END…
Above all, patience is very important both to achieve those photos you are looking for and to provoke the situations you need. The first photos will surely not be good, it is logical, the couple is entering situation and you are testing the ground, learning how they move and what gestures or faces are real and not forced. As for the composition of the poses I also recommend that you read this article about the creativity of risky frames . It can be useful for you. You can also buy the “Posing App” app (for iPhone and Android ) that has many pose schemes for couple photos, it only costs € 2.29. Or look for inspiration on Pinterest. I hope that this series of tips and tricks will be useful to you when putting them into practice. Because it's about that, of "putting into practice." Everything you read will be useless until you practice it. Enjoy