A guide to your photo shoot with White Sails Creative! Below you’ll find :

Your Checklist.

What Is A Photo Shoot Like?

Think About The Things You Love About Each Other.

Location Ideas.

Activity Ideas.

Things To Bring Along.

Choosing Outfits.

Outfit Inspiration.

Planning A Photo Shoot At Home.

Your Timeline.

Planning your shoot for Shenandoah National Park?
Here’s a guide for your time spent there!

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Your Checklist.

☐ Pick out Sunrise or Sunset (I can help decide!)

☐ Pick out your photo shoot location - this can also determine the time of day.

☐ Come up with your favorite activities for your photo shoot (suggestions below!)

☐ Pick out your favorite drinks and snacks for your photo shoot.

☐ Make a playlist of music that pumps you up and reminds you of this fun time in your life.

☐ Pick out your outfits! I have a Pinterest Board linked with outfit ideas.
Feel free to send me pictures if you need help deciding!

☐ Make your list of what you want to bring along / include

Copy and Paste this list so you can print it out and check it off (:

Every photo shoot with a professional photographer is different. Some will pose you the entire time, some are in studios, some are purely documentary. My goal is to make this a very comfortable experience where you truly have fun with each other, and with me! So you can describe my style as a mix of documentary, but with some posing thrown in there to help.

I know photo shoots are scary! It can feel very vulnerable to be in front of the camera. So to start, I always have you interacting with each other while I help you pose. That way you aren’t staring right at the camera, and you aren’t wondering what the heck to do with your arms. From there, we’ll get more comfortable with each other and you’ll start doing your own thing. You can bring me to your favorite spots while I’m looking out for cool lighting!

Being natural together and being yourselves makes for the best photo shoot! If you go into a shoot in the place you love, thinking about your favorite things about each other, then it’s easier to get those meaningful photos.

Think About The Things You Love In Each Other.

Hair twirling.
Ear-holding.
Hand holding.
Neck kisses.
Tongue sticking out when they’re thinking hard.
Freckles.
That Butt.
Eye wrinkles.
Big laughs.
Little giggles.

Location Ideas for your Shoot.

Your Home.
Favorite Downtown.
Favorite Coffee Shop.
Favorite Brewery / Winery.
In the River.
In a Lake.
In the Ocean.
A State Park.
A National Park.
Christmas Tree Farm.
A Family/Friend’s Farm.
A Book Store.
An Apple Orchard.
Icecream Stand.
Bowling Alley.

Basically anywhere that sounds fun or comfortable to you!
Feel free to combine locations, too.

Activity Ideas For Your Shoot.

Riding Bikes.
Swimming.
Kayaking / Canoeing / Floating.
Picnicking.
Dancing.
Apple Picking.
Playing Musical Instruments.
Sledding.
Reading.

Choosing Outfits.

• Pick out clothes that you are comfortable in - physically, but also mentally!

• Stay away from neon colors, they’ll reflect off your face in photos.

• Stay away from logos (unless they’re the main part of your shirt) they’re distracting!

• Stay away from crazy patterns, because they’re distracting and can do crazy things with your background, and you’ll start to blend in with your surroundings.

• Bring a lint roller if you don’t want your pet hair in photos.

• Check that underwear line.

• Have fun with your clothes!

A PHOTO SHOOT AT home

Think About The Things That You Really Love About Your Day-To-Day Life.

Baking / Cooking.
Gardening.
Reading Books.
Folding / Hanging Laundry.
Feeding The Animals.
Drinking Coffee / Tea.
Bicycling.
Porch Swing.
Board Games.
Picking Flowers.

Think About Your Favorite Spots To Be Inside & Out.

Kitchen.
Living Room.
Game Room.
Bed Rooms.
Porch.
Swingset.
Barn.
Garden.
Driveway.

What Is A Photo Shoot At Home Like?

Don’t worry too much about making your home perfect - my photography is mostly documentary, so I love to photograph the real.

For the most part, I will work with natural window light, because using too many indoor lights can create odd lighting in photos. So I’ll try to be working near windows, and turn off most of the lights when I arrive.

Your Timeline.