Getting laughs during a romantic portrait photoshoot is easy with funny couple photo ideas that...
Prompts tagged with active: get your clients moving with fun, active photo prompt ideas, and bring energy to your photos.
Hug it out: hugging photo ideas for families and couples
Hugs are family photos 101. Most families will immediately grab each other with the classic...
Go adventuring: toddler photo ideas for a family shoot
When photographing toddlers, I find that parents are often worried that their child will misbehave...
Up and down: change your angle for an easy creative photo
99% of the time we shoot photos from the same place: standing height. Break out of the standard...
Dancing ideas to add movement to wedding photos
If there’s anything that lends itself to big, showy movements, it’s a wedding dress. This prompt...
Walking together: easy ways to add movement to family photos
Movement is great to loosen tension and add dynamism. Simply walking together as a group makes for...
Let them play: capturing photos of kids being kids
Capture kids easily at your next in-home photo session with this prompt: it’s a great low pressure...
Have fun with your bridal party photos with these whole group prompts
One of my favorite parts of the wedding day is just after the ceremony. The bride and groom are...
Capture restless kids with these easy photo props
Photo prompts for active kids are easy with a few props in hand. A bubble machine is one of my...
Help your couples laugh and have fun with these comedic prompts
I love working with couples who are just bouncing off each other with humour and laughter. But...
Capture invisible moments to give your clients something new
With Christmas just around the corner (already!) it’s a perfect time to add fresh ideas to your...
Help teens and tweens relax by photographing what they love to do
It’s a fact: some young people love being in front of the camera, and others don’t. If you’ve got...
Embrace the chaos in your family shoots with small kids
Ever been to a photoshoot where the kids are just going nuts? Where the parents are freaking out,...
Toddler tactics for getting great photos of young kids
Capturing photos—good photos—of toddlers is challenging. They move fast, they don’t follow...
Direct your photographs like movie scenes
This is an underlying skill that you can use as a foundation to working with prompts. It’s a good...
Get imaginative for your next couple photoshoot
When planning a prompted shoot with a couple, it’s important to consider the sequencing of...
Prompts for getting laughs from high school seniors and teens in family shoots
In Australia, where I live, it’s only a few short months until Year 12 students wrap up the year...
Take a tip from the stage in your next photoshoot
Stage left, stage right, break a leg. Stage actors have their own lexicon, and they’re very good...
Pump up the energy in your couple photography
Whether you have a couple of bubbly, fun-loving extroverts in front of your camera, or a quiet,...
Using flash in your photography, on and off-camera
We’re continuing our adventures in flash this week, perhaps a little reversedly (that’s a word,...
How to take creative light painting photos for less than $15
If you’ve ever shot a wedding, you know that things can, and do, run over. Often it’s the romantic...
Photo prompts for photographing family events and milestones
Birthday party photography, wedding anniversary celebrations, and Christmas photos all have one...
Document family life with a photojournalistic photoshoot
The magic of photojournalistic family photography comes from the realness of the moments you...
Ready, set, get wet! Ideas for using water in family photos
Summer fun, spring rain and overcast autumn days are all filled with opportunity to include water...
Three ways throwing stuff can make your family photoshoot pop
I know, I know, we don’t usually want to encourage small children to throw stuff, especially at...
Get silly: five photo prompt ideas to get kids smiling
When it comes to photo poses for kids, it’s all too easy to resort to bribery. “Smile at the...
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