I asked Lindsey and Rhett if they felt comfortable with a little shoulder ride and they didn’t even hesitate. I had Lindsey hop on top of Rhett’s shoulders and asked him to walk around a bit. I had Lindsey airplane her arms around like she’s having the time of her life and the giggles that followed came naturally.
Would you be able to climb up on his shoulders? Rhett, spin her around and walk a little and Lindsey, throw your head back and laugh, and wave your hands around like you’re having the best time ever if you feel balanced.
I wanted to give a feeling of a really fun and carefree moment between the two because they were huge goofballs together, which I loved. So I chose to shoot slightly upward toward Lindsey but keep them in the middle of the frame to keep the focus on the moment.
Center Framed
I used single point autofocus and manually adjusted it to focus on Lindsey’s chest. This is typically an easier place for the camera to focus on rather than their eyes but always gets their face in focus as well. I shot through the viewfinder since it’s easier to take a bunch of quick shots of a moving subject.
Single Shot Autofocus
Single Point
The Girls face
The way the EXIF is written out follows the common photographic method (with the inclusion of White Balance at the end). Here it is broken down:
Shutter Speed @ Aperture ISO White Balance.
Since we started a little late this photo was taken during the “blue hour” phase of the sunset. I faced the subjects toward the little light source we had so that they were lit up as much as possible. I used Kelvin white balance and really ramped up the temperature in-camera to bring in as much warmth and color to the subjects’ skin tones.
Natural Light
Afternoon
I used my custom preset ANP 6 which is the warmest upon application. The image was still a little green in tint so I increased the purple tint by about +15 points. I added a little more saturation in the oranges to bring more warmth to the skin tones. Since there was a lot of red color pulling up in Rhett’s cheeks because of the way the shadows were hitting him. I used the brush tool to decrease the saturation and increase the exposure slightly just in the areas that needed
Lighting! We didn’t have a ton of time since getting to the location took longer than we thought so we had to work quickly with just a little time during blue hour.
Use Kelvin white balance and shoot warmer than normal to add color in-camera, face the light source.
Albion Basin, Alta, UT
Albion Basin, Alta, UT
Mountains
United States
Try to use prompts and poses based on the couples’ personalities. Some people take a little bit to loosen up, some people are more reserved naturally and prefer specific posing, and some are fine being total goofballs and feel more natural with movement and interactive direction. Do your best to read their relationship and use that to create genuine emotional images!
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