A couple in a field of yellow flowers
an open field, a campfire
A portrait session works best when the couple forgets the camera. This one started beside a small fire and moved out into open fields, with one request from me: do what you would do on a day off.
I kept the lens long and my feet still, and let them wander. The grass and the flowers were the only props, and the weather supplied the sky.
By the fire
The light went early, so we began with the warmest frames while there was still colour in the sky. Sitting down made everyone calmer than standing in a row.
Out in the field
Once the fire was out we walked. I asked them to hold hands, then to stop holding hands, and the second version was always the better picture.
The last ten minutes were on the ground. Lying in the grass is a good way to get a real laugh, and a good way to get grass stains.
We finished in the last blue light and walked back with the fire still warm on our coats. I sent a small selection that evening and the rest a week later.
Credits
This is sample content for the Second Shooter template. The story is invented, and the photographs are Pexels photos, listed below with their photographers, so each caption describes only what is in the picture.
Featured photograph, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
A couple sitting close beside a small fire as the light goes, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
She leans back into him, a hazy sky behind them, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
The two of them standing close under a wide blue sky, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
She walks ahead and holds out her hand to him, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
Noses almost touching in front of the yellow field, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
Sitting back to back in the grass, both laughing, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
Lying in the grass, she reaches up to his hair, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
The two of them on their backs in the grass, seen from above, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
A close frame of two faces, glasses nearly touching, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
A portrait session works best when the couple forgets the camera. This one started beside a small fire and moved out into open fields, with one request from me: do what you would do on a day off.
I kept the lens long and my feet still, and let them wander. The grass and the flowers were the only props, and the weather supplied the sky.
By the fire
The light went early, so we began with the warmest frames while there was still colour in the sky. Sitting down made everyone calmer than standing in a row.
Out in the field
Once the fire was out we walked. I asked them to hold hands, then to stop holding hands, and the second version was always the better picture.
The last ten minutes were on the ground. Lying in the grass is a good way to get a real laugh, and a good way to get grass stains.
We finished in the last blue light and walked back with the fire still warm on our coats. I sent a small selection that evening and the rest a week later.
Credits
This is sample content for the Second Shooter template. The story is invented, and the photographs are Pexels photos, listed below with their photographers, so each caption describes only what is in the picture.
Featured photograph, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
A couple sitting close beside a small fire as the light goes, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
She leans back into him, a hazy sky behind them, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
The two of them standing close under a wide blue sky, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
She walks ahead and holds out her hand to him, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
Noses almost touching in front of the yellow field, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
Sitting back to back in the grass, both laughing, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
Lying in the grass, she reaches up to his hair, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
The two of them on their backs in the grass, seen from above, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
A close frame of two faces, glasses nearly touching, Amodita's Frame, Pexels licence
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