Showing posts with label engagement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label engagement. Show all posts

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Springfield, MO Engagement Portraits


If you're recently engaged and live in the Ozarks, you've probably considered scheduling an engagement portrait session with one of the many talented photographers in Springfield, MO.

While experience, availability, and of course prices are all important considerations, choosing the right photographer for your engagement portrait session ultimately comes down to one thing:

The pictures!

Lighting and composition are important too, but I've always believed that the key to taking great pictures of people is to make them feel as relaxed and comfortable in front of the camera as possible. 

This is particularly important when shooting engagement portraits, because I'm trying to capture images of the natural love and chemistry that each couple shares.

Fortunately, I've become something of an expert when it comes to putting people at ease in front of the camera:)   Here's a collection of engagement pictures from various sessions I've shot over the last year or so in Springfield and Branson, Missouri. 

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None of these pictures are "posed".  I didn't tell the couples how to stand, kiss, or hold their hands.

It all came naturally, once they were comfortable about just being themselves in front of the camera. 

Missouri Engagement Portraits

The great thing about engagement portrait sessions is that we can shoot your pictures virtually anywhere photography is allowed in the Springfield and Branson areas.

Locations like Close Memorial Park in Springfield, MO and Moonshine Beach in Branson are very popular, and I love shooting there.

But if there's another spot that means something special to you, like the place you met or had a particularly fun time together, I'd encourage you to consider it as a setting for your pictures.

At Cool Change Photography, our engagement sessions typically last about 90 minutes, and generally result in at least 50 (if not many more) finished and retouched images similar to the pictures above.

I always encourage couples to bring along a change of clothes, as well as any props they'd like, too.

Our rate is $250 for the entire engagement photography package, which includes:
  • Unlimited photography for up to 90 minutes at your choice of location(s)
  • Complimentary retouch, color correction, and creative treatments on all final images
  • A password protected viewing gallery so you can view your finished pictures online.
  • All of your finished high-resolution images delivered on a CD, with a copyright release so you can order prints and enlargements from the photo lab of your choice.
If you have questions or would like more information, please feel free to contact us anytime.

Thanks for reading, and if you're recently engaged... congratulations!!

-Nick

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Springfield MO Engagement Portrait Photography: Gina and Patrick

Gina and Patrick said they wanted to do their engagement portrait shoot on the downtown Tampa waterfront.  I suggested that we try Harbor Island... which worked out well! 

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon downtown, and we found all kinds of cool settings, ranging from a pier, to a park bench, to a dark corner in the parking lot, to... well, see for yourself.








These are of course just a small sample of the pictures we shot on Gina and Patrick's engagement portrait shoot.  Congratulations to this awesome couple, who are planning a New Year's Eve wedding!

Cool Change Photography offers affordably priced wedding and engagement portrait photography packages in Springfield, MO, Branson, MO, Tampa, FL, and various other destinations.  View our prices, portfolio, and more online at CoolChangePhotography.com. 

Springfield MO Engagement Portrait Photography: Rebecca and Frank

Like many couples, Rebecca and Frank wanted to return to the spot of their very first date for their engagement portrait photography session. So, I met them (and their two black labs) at the dog park!

As a big-time animal lover myself, I really enjoyed shooting these pictures for them. Here are a few sample images:









These are of course just a small sample of the images I captured for this terrific couple, who are planning a wedding in 2011.  Please join me in congratulating them!

Cool Change Photography is available for wedding and engagement portrait photography in Springfield, MO, Branson, MO, and the entire Ozarks region... as well as Tampa, FL and other destination locations.  For more information please visit our website.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Photo-Journalistic vs Traditional Tampa Wedding Photography

Yesterday I was on Indian Rocks Beach shooting a small, intimate sunset wedding ceremony arranged by Florida Gulf Beach Weddings. The couple (Peggy and Brian) wanted their wedding pictures to reflect the fun, casual vibe of their day.

It was a perfect match for my style of "photo-journalistic" Tampa wedding photography. It's all about capturing the details and moments that tell the story of a couple's wedding day in pictures.

Memorable details...



And priceless moments...



After the ceremony, we walked down to the surf. "It's a beautiful Saturday evening, we're on the beach, and you just got married", I told them.

"Just take a walk together and enjoy the moment. Have fun and don't pay any attention to me".

It gave me the opportunity to capture natural images that show their genuine love and appreciation for one another...





While I was shooting them in the surf, I noticed another photographer taking formal pictures of a different couple. Like us, they were down at the edge of the water. But as a formal photographer, he was meticulously posing them to capture the "perfect" sunset kiss.

From the placement of their hands, to the way they were standing, everything was posed.

I have a huge amount of respect for formal wedding photographers. It takes an incredible amount of patience, planning, and talent, and this guy totally knew what he was doing.

But while I'm sure the pictures he shot will be absolutely beautiful, they will inherently lack the natural spontaneity that you see in shots like these:





There's something about the way that Peggy and Brian are walking together, step for step in perfect unison, that makes that first one special. You can't "pose" pictures like that... they just kind of happen.

In any case, that's the difference between my style of casual, photo-journalistic Tampa wedding photography, and the more traditional style of so many other talented photographers in Tampa Bay.

Which style is right for your wedding or engagement portrait shoot? Only you know that... but choose carefully, because there really is a big difference!