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how to make no-touch couples photos less staged/awkward? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by unfortunate-moth@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Asking from the perspective of both the model and the photographer!

For context, in my community couples don’t touch before marriage. As a result, engagement photos can be…stiff. Either photographers try to make it look like they’re touching by placing the woman a few steps in front of the man, or they just awkwardly hang out next to each other/separated by a flower vase.

My partner and I are about to be engaged. Now, we do touch, but we need photos that we can post publicly for more religious family and friends to see😂 The photographer taking the pics has a lot of really pretty photos (think snapshots from a movie vibe) but from her website I only see couples who touch.

I thought about maybe some props or doing it some place like a bookstore (because we are total nerds haha) although I know my partner envisioned it more like on a beach or something like that.

Any tips for all of us?

Thank you!!

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[–] geo_walker@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can make a half heart with your hand and have a photo of you two putting your hands together (not touching) to make a whole heart. Maybe use a stuffed heart and hold it together (cliche but it might look cute). If both of you have a common hobby or favorite character or tv show you can use a plushy or themed items. Maybe use a small tree and have one of you on each side, and hands on the center of the trunk at face level (so you get faces and the ring in the photo). If your shadows are allowed to touch I think you could create some interesting photos.

[–] unfortunate-moth@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

ooo cute!!! thank you!!! i love the shadow idea especially