Images: by Lensel PRO member April Payne who “photographs for the people who throw
the good parties” and we think that’s a freakin good tagline…
Hey, it’s LENSEL. Your weekly wedding photography news and inspo source - keeping you ahead of the rest. Here’s what is on today:
Stop Blaming Your Couple: How the energy and soft skills you bring on a wedding day affects your photos…
The BTS epidemic
+ all the news to keep you in the know
Let’s go ⬇️
NEWS
Happening this Week
The BTS epidemic. This viral post dives into the reasons why this photographer is done making behind the scenes content while shooting at weddings… and why you photographer (maybe) should be too.
Sony celebrates 20 years of the Alpha series of cameras this week. Launch in 2006, it has changed so much in camera tech.
Cameras but make it fashion. Stone Island released a limited edition camera giveaway that you likely can’t get.
Harlow’s new pocket flash is a new take on the mini flash idea that allows you to lift up the flash to eliminate the lens shadow problem with small flashes. See details here.
Wedflow is a new email assistant that manages your email directly IN Gmail for wedding photographers, check it out here.
Bartender says no. Do you order drinks at weddings? Even just to shoot them? This thread dives into the dilemmas, dramas and stories while ordering alcohol at weddings.
THE BIG IDEA
🪞Don’t Blame Your Couple: How energy and soft skills change your photos.
Images: kristenmarieparker and chloeelyphotography
The couple was awkward. They weren’t into the photos. They couldn’t pose. They were nervous in front of the camera. They didn’t do what I said…
All the reasons why your photos weren’t quite as good as you wanted them to be.
ALL THE EXCUSES.
Photographers spend hours thinking about their cameras, colours, settings, poses and locations. Preparing every detail to give themselves the best chance of making great photos.
But how much time do photographers spend analysing the ENERGY they bring into a wedding day?
The way they walk into a room. The connection and trust they build with their couples. The pressure they add, or remove. Because that energy will directly shape the photos they are able to make. And maybe we do not think about it nearly enough.
So today…
Here are 3 key things to remember about your energy on a wedding day and how you can work it to MAKE BETTER PHOTOS ⬇️
WEDDING FEATURE
Motion & Emotion: A 6 Day Punjabi Wedding by Joel & Justyna
Over six days in Toronto, Kaira and Tanvir created a celebration that felt more like a festival than a wedding. Streets filled with dancers. Fireworks exploding overhead. Smoke bombs. Live music. Hundreds of guests. Constant movement. Joel & Justyna's photographs absolutely embrace that energy. Full of blur, motion, emotion, and chaos, they capture more than what happened. They capture what it felt like to experience it.
See this wedding featured from the photographers POV on lensel.com
INSPO TO KEEP YOU FRESH
⬇️ We’ve been loving a quarry wedding, but these photos take it to another level. LOVE the use of light, lines and shadows here. A light slice in a quarry, yes please. OH and frame 3 is pure posing gold.
⬇️ Just every frame in this post winning in every way. The 2nd shot with the ring on the shoulder??! PERFECTION.
⬇️ Jess Workman working those diptychs in Puglia 🔥
⬇️ Just some more group photo inspo. BUT you gotta be in Puglia apparently?!
WORKSHOPS
REPLAY AVAILABLE: Learn “Invisible Direction” with Bushwhacked
Available to view now!
The Replay of our Workshop with Rachel Santos of Bushwhacked is LIVE.
How do you create photographs that feel completely natural, while still being perfectly composed and structured?
In this workshop, Rachel breaks down the “invisible direction” process behind her work. How she builds trust, reads the energy of a wedding, finds frames before moments happen, and gently orchestrates photographs without making people feel posed.
A workshop that will leave you inspired to analyse how you shoot and change up a few things to take your photos to the next level…
+ in the following weeks inside Lensel PRO we will discuss, develop and learn from all the insight in the workshop together. Come join.
Until next week,
