One of the tells of an overly orchestrated session is often the expressions of over-stressed grins that can grace the faces of even our best and most experienced subjects. One of our favorite ways to play the clown and get a guaranteed laugh out of our clients and most importantly, break the ice, is to put on our most ridiculous laugh while saying the vowels over and over again. I've never met a client who doesn't crack up at watching their photographer clad in all their gear

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Self portraits can be real tough exercise for a photographer. In fact, most of us are behind the lens because we feel most at home there. Once you get one of us on the other side of the lens, the voices start: Am I even in the frame? What do I look like? What am I supposed to do with my face? eyes? hands? We can't help it, as orchestrators of photographs it's hard not knowing what's showing on the other side. We love this joyful

Any good photographer puts themselves on the other side of the lens regularly in order to remain in touch with how it feels to be the subject and to find what works and why. Even then, lets be honest — it still can be a bit nerve wracking. To ease the tension and ensure realistic emotions from your subject within the photographs you're creating, get your subject out of their head and give them something to react to. Whether its telling them a story to elicit a

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Oh my — do we love a photographer that knows how to fill up a frame! Because of her thoughtful intentions while shooting, Marissa Roseillier's beautiful shot featured here today packs a punch in just one little frame. At first glance, her composition locked us right in but as we kept scanning, we couldn't get over the reflections and the perfect tones in the golden light that surrounded her shot, telling us a mighty story all on its own. Still we had to no more and we