The question I hear most often — almost always a little sheepishly — is some version of: "I'm not really photogenic. Is that going to be a problem?"
It's not. And I mean that as more than reassurance — it's actually the foundation of how I work.
I'm not going to hand you a list of poses and ask you to hit your marks. My approach is documentary at heart: I direct light and I protect time, but I don't direct you. What that looks like in practice is simple. I'll ask you to walk toward me instead of stand and smile. I'll ask you to whisper something in your partner's ear, or find the thing that's genuinely funny in the room. I give you something to do instead of something to perform, and the camera just happens to be there when it becomes real.
Something happens about twenty minutes into a session — the self-consciousness burns off, and you stop performing for the camera and start actually being with each other. That's the moment I'm waiting for in every single frame.
So if the idea of being photographed all day makes your stomach drop a little, that's completely normal — and it's exactly why we get on a call before anything else. I'll walk you through what the day actually feels like, minute to minute, so there's nothing to brace for.
Let's talk it through.