Good news! You can do it! Here's how:

1. Have the couple move into poses. This is such a simple and easy concept but it is crucial to getting natural photographs.

• Have them walk towards you and talk while swinging their hands

• Smell her cheek! This ones our favorite. Ask them to do something silly, first they'll look at you like you're crazy and the next thing you know they are giggling in the most precious way. BOOM. You got your shot and they have the photo they want to print on a canvas for their wedding. (See header image)

• Have her run up behind him, grab his arm, and look up at him. Their bodies will comfortably fall into place, looking natural.

• Tell them how good they look and what a great job they are doing. Never let it be silent for more than a few seconds. Silence creates tension and tension is bad. Show them the back of your screen, show them your excitement! Watching you having fun with it will encourage them to do the same.
• Spend the first 10 minutes of the shoot talking to them about “normal” things. Ask them how work is going, how wedding planning has been and ask them if they have been anywhere amazing to eat recently. Chat like friends, then start shooting.

Posing is a dirty word. Get it out of your vocabulary. You aren't there to pose. You are a facilitator in naturalism, a person who helps couples be in their own element. You are simply there capturing two people on a date. It is your job to show them how to be in love, in front of you.