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hello and welcome back to my channel
today i'm doing a second installment of
how to pose
and direct a couple on wedding day
portraits so wedding day portraits are
the most important part of a wedding day
they've got married and these are the
photographs they're gonna treasure and
love forever so no pressure these are
gonna be printed
and on the mantelpiece framed for all
their family and friends to see so it's
so important you take the time
for them to enjoy this so it's all part
of an experience so i'm gonna go through
with you what i would typically do with
a wedding couple
for ideas for posing and for portraits
and to get some beautiful moments they
can treasure forever [Music]
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so and she's seeing it today on a 50mm
lens 1.4
sigma art i'm also shooting an aperture
priority so this
is i think a game changer when you shoot
mirrorless because you can see
exactly what you're shooting the
exposure to live time so you're not
really going to miss a shot
and you know the results you're going to
get every single time so this
is the lovely william and jessica hey guys
guys
so what i'm going to get a couple to do
typically is i'm going to walk and this
is the first
thing i get all my wedding couples to do
really really easy it's a really good icebreaker
icebreaker
if you guys hold hands and just walk
towards me just keep chatting [Music]
this is a really good ice breaker
because i think if you said to them
straight away
go forehead to forehead start kissing
it's a bit much for when you're just
starting out with portraits because you
want to build them up
so they're comfortable so jessica and
will they're naturally very affectionate
they know what they're doing so what i'm
doing is i'm going
far away and then i'm also going to
stick so if you hold that guy that's beautiful
beautiful
and then what i would do i'm also going
the back of them as well the back of the
dress seeing all these beautiful details
that the bride and groom have purposely
chosen on their wedding day
because they might forget how their
dress fell
what their flowers look like what kind
of flowers were they
how their hair looked what kind of
accessories they had [Music]
perfect so i'm going to get you guys to
go this way so you're lit by the sun flare
flare
so we got to do if you hold hands and
walk that way [Music]
stop there for me and what i want you to
do is i want you to kind of
turn your back to will wrap your arms
around just for me
perfect this is an opportunity to get
them quite close up you can get the
bouquet you can get the flowers
so for this i might start with the
flowers i have a detailed
shot of the flowers because there's a
gorgeous bouquet
the couples who might not be as
affectionate or as confident
you can just keep talking them tell them
to whisper in the ear nestle their noses
nuzzle her neck like a cat
there's lots of techniques and things
so this tower if you guys hold that for
me and i get just to look straight
that's lovely [Music]
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so how i work is i kind of keep it
really really organic
really really natural and kind of let
them take the lead
but give them kind of direction and
nudges that seem natural
and just kind of gauge it from couple to couple
couple
like how much direction they need so for
more adventurous couples you can do this
that's it lovely you flew that out
lovely gorgeous
that's beautiful and i want you to do
well is i'm going to get you to spin jess
jess
cute so one of these shots like that i
would do a burst mode so i take about
15 to 20 shots and the odds are in that
rotation you might get two or three that
are in focus
and when she's like laughing and the
hair's moving [Music]
so because this is more of a kind of
relaxed vibe we've got kind of long
grass a bit bohemian
i've got a blanket with me now not all
wedding couples this is going to be
suitable for depending on the venue you
have but
for this i think this is really
appropriate because you've got like
flowers and
long grass i like you guys to sit so i'm
going to shoot at like 1.6
aperture so it's really really dreamy so
all that long grass is
just really really hazy really really romantic
romantic
now what i'm going to do as well i love
long grass because it's just
makes for really romantic photos is that
if you go into it you've also got
the long grass actually in your lens in
and it's you that i want
i'm gonna photograph their hands
bouquet dropping at certain angles
is beautiful that's so lovely guys
so i think it's really important to if
you can to change positions as much as
possible because
what i've done there they're like 100
pictures of them in the same position
so i think it's always worth kind of
securing some shots that are in a
different position
so you've got variety
so this pose is a bit more adventurous
it is a bit of an instagram cliche
i really like it i get requests for this
a lot of couples i did some couple
shoots engagement shoots
if it's appropriate if it's like you
have the setting for it with this
particular kind of setting
i feel like it is appropriate because of
the kind of the vibe
the look so you can get them to light
opposite ends
i'm literally going to stand over them
so hey
so if you guys are gorgeous and if you
look straight into my life
like city windows and then nestle your
noses like eskimos
and then what we should do will i want
so that's a quick little trick you can
do to people to set them up so
i wouldn't take the picture of him
licking her nose i'd get the reaction of
her laughing
um to create natural laughter so while
you're there
i'm gonna get well to swivel that way
and then you're gonna rest on will's [Music]
chest
um all of that could have changing
angles as much as possible
so i'm getting lots of options flip my
screen out and see what's happening
that's beautiful and if you both that's
it nestle and both close your eyes
and like sink your breathing so if i
want to
generate a really tender moment i can
just slow it down
drop my voice and let them just have
a really tender moment so i'm gonna get
some bridal portraits
of the lovely bride and then i get some
the portraits if you look down at your bouquet
that's yeah
sterling gorgeous [Music]
stunning you can look over your shoulder
and then if you drop your bouquet kind
of like in your hand and let it flow
and if you walk towards the light for me [Music]
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typically when you have a groom on their
wedding day they're quite nervous
william's not nervous however lots of
grooms tend to be and that's very natural
natural
so to make sure that the buttonhole is
kind of looking sharp because obviously
this part of the day they've had a few
drinks they've got married you know
you're like proper chill so a really
good way to start again to put their
hands in their pockets
and that way they're nice and relaxed [Music]
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i'm gonna go super close get your butt inhale
inhale
and then eyes over here and then i want
you to like imagine you're fixing your
collar and your
that's lovely your imaginary cufflinks
that you haven't got [Laughter]
[Laughter]
perfect rubbing jessica rin
for one last rider typically that's
that's a on a wedding day
and i want you guys to do is walk
towards me and give me your best whoa
so for this i'm gonna get them walking
i'm gonna literally just shoot burst
and then right you ready yay
so there you have it that is typically
what i would do on a wedding day you
have typically 20 minutes
for a wedding day so you've got to be
quick and you've got to keep that pace going
going
keep the energy going and make it an
unforgettable experience for them so
it's really fun
and romantic so take your time if you do
feel flustered if you have
posing block just take your time and
just you don't have to keep talking just stop
stop
think about what you're doing and just
read what they're doing and keep
watching them
and just enjoy it most importantly so
thank you so much for joining me for
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