As a Boston wedding photographer, it is always nice to meet a couple for their Boston engagement shoot. Not only does it give them an idea of how I work and let them see a personalized sample of my style of photography, but it also gives me the chance to build a connection with the couple prior to their actual wedding day. I think that this is really important, as it is always nicer to have worked with someone and establish a rapport before I turn up to capture one of the biggest days of their lives.
I meet with all clients before their wedding day and talk through all the details of it thoroughly beforehand, but having them in front of the camera develops a greater connection between me and them. An engagement shoot is a fun and stress free affair, where there shouldn’t be many time constraints and where I can really get to know them. It should be something that becomes a fond memory, and the couple can walk away with some really great shots to remember it by. Having shared that with a couple makes it so much nicer when you are shooting their actual day. It’s very useful for a couple to look through my online galleries of wedding images to see how other peoples photos came out, but it is not until they see themselves in my photos that they really know that they are going to love them.
I recently did a Boston engagement shoot for a couple at the newly developed park opposite the Science Museum in Cambridge, MA. This was my first same-sex engagement shoot here in Boston and I was really pleased with how the photos came out, as were the couple. The weather wasn’t great, but we managed to get a good lot of photos before the skies finally decided to open up on us. It was great fun though, and we had a good chance to chat and find out a little more about each other, and I came away having met a great couple and being able to deliver them some shots that we were all really pleased with.
