The Double Feature.
Newly engaged, ten years in, or you just realized the last real photo of the two of you is a selfie from a parking lot in 2021. All of it counts. Same afternoon, same idea.
One look, one location, about an hour. Somewhere you already like being — a park, the sand, the ramen spot where you had your third date and just knew. We walk, we talk, we stop where the light is good.
I direct the whole way through, so nobody is ever standing there wondering what to do with their hands. And if one of you is here mostly because the other one asked nicely: I see you. You're the one I keep busiest.
An hour, roughly like this.
We pick the place
Before the day, we sort out where and what you're wearing. If you have no idea, I do. That's the easy part.
We walk
A little romantic, a little silly on purpose. I keep talking, you keep moving, and it stops feeling like a photo shoot about ten minutes in.
You see one
I'll turn the camera around early so you know it's going well. Then we chase the light until it's gone.
Engagements
You said yes and now everyone wants a photo. Let's get you one that actually looks like the two of you.
Anniversaries
One year, ten, thirty. You've changed since the wedding photos and that's worth a frame of its own.
No reason at all
A Tuesday is a perfectly good reason. Some of my favorite sessions started with "we've just never done this."
Actually getting married? The wedding coverage lives over here.
Nobody is naturally good at this.
Every couple tells me the same thing in the first five minutes: we're awkward, we don't know how to pose, we're going to be your worst clients. You are not. Everyone says it, and then everyone forgets they said it around the second block of walking.
My job is to give you something to do so you never have to invent it. Go there. Tell her that story again. Walk back but slower. The good frame is almost always the one right after the one you thought I was taking.
Kind words from a few leading couples.
Daniel has a great eye and knew exactly how to guide us without over-directing, so nothing felt stiff or overly posed. He let us be ourselves, and the photos reflect that.
Quinn Cain · Anniversary Session, Belmont ParkDaniel is super creative and open to trying different things which we loved! He made us feel super comfortable in front of the camera.
Shannon Phillips · Couples SessionLet's go take a walk.
Tell me a little about the two of you, where you'd want to end up, and which one of you needs convincing. I'll take it from there.
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Tip · OutfitsDress for it, but keep it soft. Earthy tones, a little texture, something that flows and moves when you walk. Or don't Lol.
About ten minutes in, they forgot I was there. That's the part I wait for.
Tip · LocationPick somewhere with stuff to do. Ride the ride, split the churro, lose at the ring toss. I'd rather shoot you doing something than standing in front of something.
He let us be ourselves, and the photos reflect that.
Quinn Cain
Tip · The planPick something one of you can lose at. Nothing gets a real face out of a person faster than a putt that lips out on the last hole.
We had so much fun and he instantly made us comfortable.
Hannah Decker
You Made It Down
Your turn next?
Three couples, three afternoons, and not one of them stood still for it. Tell me a little about the two of you and what you'd actually want to go do. I reply within a day, usually much sooner.
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