Last week Focht and I were shooting an engagement session in Yamhill, Oregon. The bride had grown up on a farm and we spent the day out at her old farm house and barn. It was a great shoot, great location and incredible light – we even had some goats.
The majority of our shots are done with our 70-200 2.8 lenses, a smaller minority done with our 50mm 1.4′s, but we always make sure to get a few dynamic wide angle shots.
In the barn I pulled out my 14-24 2.8 in order to get a ‘scene setting shot’.
While I love the light and the moment of this photo. But, just after I shot it, I remembered that their signing book is an 8×12 inch horizontal signing book (Finao Elements Text). This dynamic vertical wouldn’t work well in a horizontal book.
Immediately I reframed and took this shot.
This dynamic horizontal will work well in the album as a full page spread, giving a sense of place for the couple.
When you are shooting, whether it be a wedding, an engagement session or a portrait session. Remember to shoot for the album. By shooting for the album, you’ll not only save yourself a lot of time and heartache when you design, you’ll also make your clients happier.
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4 Comments at "Remember to Shoot for the Album"
A great reminder! Once I started shooting for an album, my whole style changed and I was able to start selling more engagment (and portrait) albums. Thanks for the reminder, gentlemen!
Great post to remind us about the album. Many times we’ve forgotten about the album and like Marine, once we thought more about the album the more our styles have changed!
Great point! Always shooting with the client’s album and our blog in mind.
Once I started shooting for the album, I found I fealt more comfortable asking them about what type of album they want even if their package didn’t include one. Because I knew that if they wanted one at a later time, I can’t reshoot things- so yeah. It’s helped me sell more albums. And I mention how images for seniors and families would look great as a full spread in an album- and it’s worked.
Sell the experience, sell the story, shoot to sell, and you’ll sell.
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