Welcome to my 18 Easy Poses/Actions for your engagement/wedding photos

Each one is completely interchangeable wether you want to use it for your engagement session or for your big day.

  1. Showing off the Ring

This pose is really simple and most brides (if not the groom as well) have outstanding moments of fun flaunting their ring. For all my people who feel a bit nervous in front of the camera, this is a great place to start. I tend to combine it with a forehead to forehead or eskimo kiss placement.

2. The Bear Hug

This pose I call the “Bear Hug” is one of my personal favorites. This pose 100% of the time will bring out big smiles with my couples. It’s a very nice strong and loving embrace. I love to tell my clients to look at each other while doing it, but you can also look directly at the camera as well.

3. The Head Hug

This pose is another personal favorite. It’s also very simple. This is something you could potentially do in your everyday life. In this pose there is no overthinking. You get to feel close to your partner and nothing else matters. I tend to tell my clients to tell each other one of their favorite things about their partner in this already intimate pose to boost their connection during the shoot.

4. Hand on the Cheek

Another very simple pose, effortless even. I add this specific action in a lot of other poses as well. Although it is still a client favorite on it’s own. Small actions like a hand on your cheek can make you feel all the butterflies inside. As you can see it also creates smiles :). In this pose you can take a moment to just stare into your parnters eyes. You can also close your eyes and just soak up the moment, the energy, and your loving connection.

5. The Almost Kiss

This pose is absoluelty amazing. It’s full of intimacy with couples. I typically wait until later in the shoot to have my couples do this. I find that couples need to leave the nerves behind to get an honest and true moment from it. It’s also a perspective of your love you’ll never see until this moment.

6. The Shoulder Kiss

The shoulder kiss is a small dash of intimacy to be added to the shoot. Small kisses on the body help to add smiles and spark up client love. The kiss doesn’t always have to be on the shoulder. Depending on your comfortability it could also be a simple peck on the forehead, cheek, or neck.

7. The Dip & Kiss

This is always a fun pose to have couples do, and most are excited to try. This pose will take a few tries to get right before we get THE one. So don’t be discouraged if you want to try it and we do multiple takes. The dip can go as far as you guys are comfortable going. Even here with this slight dip, it still looks beautiful.

8. The Pick Up

It might just be me... but this pose makes me feel like Im looking at a movie. For my clients, I can only assume it’s like they're in the movie. To my guys, wrap your arms right around the top of her legs. Ladies, hold on tight and have fun!

9. Wrap & Tell

This pose is to capture pure emotion. I have my clients wrap their arms around each other and look straight into each other’s eyes. My question is always “What’s your favorite memory with them”. I can always see the gears turning inside their brains. Doing this helps them be with one another not only physically but mentally as well. They get involved in their own memories and really forget that I’m even there. I make sure to let my clients have this moment to themselves once I’m done.

10. The Whisper

This pose is also extremely simple. I like to ask couples to go ahead and whisper something sweet in their partners ears. The cool thing is, you can say absolutely anything you want. I won’t be able to hear you so say anything as funny or crazy or loving as you’d like.

11. Forehead Kiss

You can’t tell me that this isn’t one of the easiest poses there is as well. There really isn’t much to it. Ladies, your arm or hand placement can vary during this pose. You can place your arms like in the picture above, or you can set your hand on his face. Practice this at home to see which placement works best for you.

12. Looking Out

Lots of times I like to take wide shots of the couple and surrounding area and have you both look opposite ways. It’s perfect for just wrapping your partner in your arms. Lookout into the distance and take in the moment. This can be shot from the front or back view to tell a different story.

13. Head to Chest

Simple, yet elegant. This works outstandingly for couples with major height differences. Pose like above, or add a forehead kiss to it. Just beware ladies, if we do this pose you’ll have to lightly put your face on their chest so your makeup doesn’t rub off on their clothes.

14. Nose Kiss

Similar to the forehead kiss, but just on the nose instead.

15. The Drunk Walk

This is one of the more unserious and funny things to do throughout the day. Just hold each others hands and walk as if you were drunk. Pretend to fall, yank them into your arms, just be as goofy as possible. I’d say this is more of an Engagement Shoot action, but if you’re game for it on your wedding day… then so am I :).

16. Wrapping the arm

I find that this pose always comes out extremely cute, and is also very effortless. There is a few variations. I can either have you both face me, or one face me and the other away. You can find another example on the next page :)

17. Eskimo Kiss

You’ll find that this can look pretty similar to the “Almost kiss”. Sometimes it’s a bit easier to do this I’ve found. If you don't already know what an eskimo kiss is, it's simply just rubbing your noses together.

18. Chase your lover

It’s time to add some more fun to the shoot. It’s extremely common for me to have you guys run around and chase each other throughout the shoot. It adds a very playful sense to the shoot. Warning... you may feel like these shots come from out of a movie.