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" 1. Feel Your Best.\u00A0 For the ladies, consider having your hair and makeup done professionally, even if you are going for a simple, natural look. As for clothing, you should both wear something that makes you feel like a million bucks.\u00A0 \u00A02. If You Love Them, Set Them Free. The best thing you can do when hiring professionals for your wedding is to hire a photographer whose work you love and that you can trust. After that let them have the freedom to do what they do best.\u00A0 As far as your photography is concerned, sending your photographer a Pinterest board or a shot list of poses you want to recreate is creatively stifling and can take away from capturing images that are authentic. \u00A03. Let Your Nerves Be Known.\u00A0 If you are feeling anxious about being in front of the camera, say so.\u00A0 Sometimes speaking your fear out-loud will release your feelings, not to mention, it will give your photographer a chance to reassure you.\u00A0 Most of our couples are at least a little nervous prior to the shoot starting. We always tell them to just consider the first 10 minutes a wash, as we find it helps take the pressure off.  4. Enjoy Eachother. \u00A0 Before every shoot, we tell our couples that the more they can forget that we are taking their picture and the more they can just enjoy each other, the better their pictures will be. Take this to heart. Go into the shoot with the intention to enjoy some quality time together and with the expectation that it will be a fun experience. \u00A0Even better, consider it a date night. Make plans to go out for a good meal afterward! \u00A05. Let Your Guard Down. As photographers, we nevertellour couples to fake an emotion \u2013 like laughing - as that normally ends in awkwardness.\u00A0 When they look back at their engagement photos and remember how they felt in that moment, we want them to remember feeling close, happy and in love\u2026not how forced and awkward the experience was.\u00A0 Don&amp;#039;t be afraid to let your guard down and feel a little vulnerable.\u00A0 Smile, laugh, cuddle, hug, kiss, and joke. \u00A06. Just Keep Swimming.\u00A0 One of the best things you can do to ensure you will get authentic feeling engagement photos is to not get stuck. Our goal when photographing engagement sessions is to make them look and feel like they are not posing. We want to photograph genuine interactions; how the couple is together in everyday life.\u00A0 Once you are put into position, don&amp;#039;t just stare at each other quietly, stiffly and awkwardly. Keep moving, talking, interacting. Hug him tighter, grab her hands, ask him to spin you around, tell her how excited you are to be marrying her. \u00A07. Don&amp;#039;t Sweat the Small Stuff.\u00A0  Once your shoot has started, fix your thoughts on connecting with and being close to your fianc\u00E9. Don&amp;#039;t worry about your hair being out of place or his tie being crooked or if you should be looking at the camera.\u00A0 In fact, unless your photographer instructs you to, don&amp;#039;t look at the camera. If your photographer wants you to be doing something different than you are, he/she will tell you. Bottom line\u2026.just relax and have a great time! \u00A0 More from The Schultzes. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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