- Beach
- calm
- Center Framed
- Cloudy
- Field
- full body
- grass
- High Angle
- Lying
- Middle Thirds
- Natural Light
- Outdoor
- Posed
- sand dunes
- Soft Light
The story behind the image
Directions
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
First, we asked Reece to lay down in the grass.. after that we put Maria in front and slightly below him. We told Maria to lean back and lay down her head on Reece’s chest. We asked Maria to bring up her arm and lay her head back into her puffy sleeves and to close her eyes. We asked Reece to turn his head towards Maria and to smell her hair.
What did you say?
“Maria could you lay your head back down into the puffy sleeves as if it was a pillow. Now Reece turn your head towards Maria and sniff on her hair.“
Tone of Directions
Calm
Composition
We chose a dune with nice grass and a clean background. The body centers of our couple are exactly in the middle of the frame. We took the picture in a standing position in order to achieve kind of a top view. We didn’t want a horizon in the frame.. we wanted the couple to be surrounded by the dunes.
The 35mm lens allowed us to picture the couple full body and together with the top view it created a special dynamic in the picture.
framing
Center Framed
Focusing
Describe how you spoke to your subject(s)
Our focus point was on Maria’s head since she’s in the center of the image and slightly in front. Both of their heads are almost on the same line so Reece would not fall out of focus even though using an aperture of 1.8. We used live-view mode.
Focus Mode
Single Shot Autofocus
Focus POints
Single Point
Focused on
Her Face
Equipment &
Exif
Camera
Lens
Flash
Filter
1/320 @ f/1.8 ISO160 WB-Auto
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.
Light & Weather
We’ve had an overcast sky at this moment so the light was kind of soft and flat. The sun was slightly behind us so we had the couple illuminated from the front.
Light Type
Natural Light
Weather
Cloudy
Editing Workflow
How did you edit this image?
Since the light was equal due to cloudy sky, we didn’t need a lot of adjustments. We used our CxR Preset to give the pic the color look we love. We increased the whites to create a bit more contrast.
Editing Software
Adobe Lightroom Classic
Preset Used
Challenges
“Laying poses“is always quite challenging! Not every pose looks good with everyone… If the couple does not feel comfortable the pose can look very stiff. Also, it was a challenge for us to find the right angle.
Solutions
We took the time to find the right pose.. don’t get nervous or give your couple the feeling something is wrong. Try out different angles and lenses until you’re happy with the result. If it’s still not working out, don’t try to force it.. just try something else.
Location
Location Name
Platja de Muro
Location aDDRESS
Platja de Muro, Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain
Loation Type
Beach / Coastal
Country
Spain
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