This is from a Taylor Wedding I did a while ago. I’ll have to catch up. I’m really behind in the blogging process. Recently, I’ve moved to Ferndale to be closer to things. It’s made life more convenient and I’m very happy about my new place.

But check out this one photo I took in Taylor while shooting with Mary Potts Photography:

Forget Posing:

Being a portrait/wedding photographer gives you too many variables to remember to control. Lighting, your camera settings, how your subject is working with you.

Recently, it’s been a very favorite photo of mine. Very simply executed as well. I’ve noticed brides usually love to hear stories about how you create the photo to give an idea of how you work with people. In this photo it was very simple. This is something inspired by another photographer: Jerry Ghionis (an internationally renowned and very distinguished award winning photographer that i’ve had the pleasure of listening to in Las Vegas). Jerry emphasizes directing your subject and not posing them: giving them an activity. Fluidity of the action relinquishes your subject from thinking about the act of photography. Thus, eventually giving you more possibilities for what artists call, “happy accidents.”

Giving them an activity while also communicating with them is essential for subject management ( a term coined by RadiantVista’s  Craig Tanner ).