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Favorite prompts for Outdoor family photoshoots

Taking family photos with your children sometimes gets a bad rep. I once had a friend tell me that she would only do mini sessions with her children because “after 20 minutes they are completely done and melting down anyways.” But nine times out of ten I have found that as long as you come prepared and have a solid game plan, you can get kids to play along for a full hour long session.

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Tips/tricks for clients, Couple Shannon Page Tips/tricks for clients, Couple Shannon Page

Favorite prompts for couples photos

Gone are the days of “Say Cheese” couples photos! You are paying good money for these images and they should be as unique, natural, and emotive as you are. In order to obtain those results I use prompting instead of posing in my photoshoots. What’s the difference? Posing is telling a couple “stand just so and place your hands just here, now don’t move until I say!” Prompting on the other hand is giving a couple a task or action to perform and letting them have the freedom to interpret that and make it their own.

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