sunrise beach photoshoot in boca raton, fl
It often starts out the same. My client feels awkward because of needing to bare their soul to me in a photoshoot, maybe slightly freaked out about a stranger pointing a camera at them, and not knowing how to pose on top of that.
As a photographer, I pretend to be confident and project the image of a person who knows what she’s doing. The truth is, I have no clue. I have never photographed you in my entire life! I don’t know what poses will work best, and which ones I can scrap. I don’t know if you will go along with the ideas I offer, or if you will politely decline my suggestions. I don’t know if you can truly drop into your body and move your arms when I ask you to, or if you are going to be conscious of on-lookers, and that will stifle you. Of course, I have been doing this for a while and I should know what I’m doing, but I am nervous before each photoshoot. I think it’s my body’s way of preparing for it - elevating my adrenaline levels so I am pumped up.
When I first met Stefanie in the parking lot, before we walked over to the beach, I immediately admired her thick long ginger hair, a dancer’s body and gigantic green eyes. With a body composition like that, she cold have been a professional model! And I had the honor of photographing her.
After a few “getting to know each other poses” sitting on an apple box, we moved closer to the water. There we did some shots moving and walking.
Midway into our photoshoot, while the sun was gaining momentum above the horizon, and the water and sky were still golden, it started drizzling. My beautiful client looked so beautiful and magical in this sun rain, and these images are my favorite! Just look at her,
As I was not prepared for the rain and the drizzle became quite intense, I ended up taking off my t-shirt and putting it on top of my camera to protect my camera!
At this point, Stefanie was pretty wet too so we decided to take it all the way and created these photos of her in the water:
Some of the other images from this part of the photoshoot that I love are these:
It was time to retire the black dress and Stefanie changed into a bikini. We created a few more photographs in which she shows off her gorgeous lean dancer’s body.
Here are a few final images from our beach Goddess Photoshoot that morning. What a treat it was to photograph this gorgeous goddess!
If you want to see what that morning looked and felt like, check out the video below. Oh, and be sure to subscribe to my channel so you are notified of when I publish new videos.
Love what you see, but worried you wouldn’t look that good in photos? Most of the women I photograph are not professional models and I guide them through the experience so they can feel and look their best. Please reach out and let’s talk about what kind of photos you see yourself in. I would love to create with you! ♥
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