How to Help Your Clients Get “The Love Connection”

Well, It’s february and love is in the air! It’s all over the Delight blog too! I really wanted to  tell you about some of my experience capturing a true love connection between a couple! I hope this can give you some insight into the shoots you have planned over the next few weeks.

 

For the longest time it absolutely baffled me on how to get a true connection between a couple, it seemed like all the poses I tried to mimic came out awkward, stiff and well… posed. I specifically remember one shoot earlier in my career where all the right elements where there but there was something I was missing that didn’t allow my subjects relationship come to life. It wasn’t until I realized it wasn’t necessarily something I needed to do or have that wasn’t clicking in my shoots but more-so something I was doing tOo much of. Posing! Yep, this post is to help you pose… less. Think of it this way, Love is a verb. Its an action, and its alive! So use it in your images!

Often we try to direct our clients right into a pose “Stand here and put your arms around each other” versus “I would like for you two to walk over to this tree and go in for an embrace right under those branches.”

The difference you will get in just letting them do the action themselves is absolutely  amazing. The photos will come out more “them”, more natural with the flow of the movement and you will feel so much better knowing that you are giving your clients images that when they look at it can bring them right back to that moment and feel what they were feeling in that moment under the tree in the arms of the one they love.

Im going to show you a few of my images and how I achieved them!

1. Keep it simple, I love simply adore just telling a couple to cuddle up and watch them do it their own way, super presh. ;)  Small details like getting hand holding or arms around one another will add a super personal touch to your gallery.

 

2. Don’t forget to laugh. Love isn’t just about deep gazes and kisses, encourage your couples to talk during the shoot, be silly yourself, laughter is beautiful and there is nothing like laughter shared between a couple.

 

3. The moment before a kiss. When I direct my subjects to go in for a kiss, sometimes I will tell them “Hold it right there!” I usually get a reaction like this. 

4. Eye contact. Have you ever heard the saying “Eye contact is how souls catch on fire”? There is nothing like directing your couple to simply just get close and just look into each others eyes. you will either get a sweet laugh out of your couple, or a super romantic moment.

 

5. An innocent kiss. One of my favorite things to do is to direct my couples into such a simply sweet moment, Directing the groom to kiss his bride on the forehead or cheek is bound to get a great image. I mean really?! It doesn’t get more romantic than that. *swoon* 

 

6. Physical connection. Always have your subjects connected in some way, try to be very mindful of hand placement! This is usually something I talk about with before my shoots! I try to always have my couples leaning on one another, or holding hands or her hands on his chest, his arms around her to always have that romantic connection in every image. 

7. Actions, get moving! Have your subjects walk towards or away from you, tell them to just enjoy each other and forget about you. 

 

 

Don’t forget to try different perspectives, don’t be afraid to get close for those intimate shots as your shoot progresses and your subject gets more comfortable with you. But of course, don’t forget to get those wide shots either, tell a story with your images. After all, love stories are always our favorites, right?

 

 

 

I hope this helps you if you get stumped on how to pose your couples! Happy shooting!!