Pose or not pose? Built photo or reportage? Here’s how to make the right choice!

Pose or not pose? Built photo or wedding reportage? An album with perfect photos, in which all the details are studied at the table, with the same perfection as a photo studio shooting or a series of photos in which the photographer tells the whole day of the wedding as if he was making almost a “documentary” ?

Often this is one of the great dilemmas of the spouses, who seek the solution and think that the style chosen is the criterion for identifying the right photographer for them …

Almost always the idea of spending the wedding day standing motionless in plastic poses, waiting for the photographer to find the right light and the right shot discourages them.

And this at least for two reasons:

– the first is that most of us have never been photographed by a professional photographer and the idea of feeling framed and observed by a photographic lens is not exactly what makes us feel more comfortable. Indeed, very often it puts us deeply embarrassed.

– The second reason is that the spouses want to enjoy the party, to be with friends, family, with all those who are sharing such an important moment in their life. And, rightly, they don’t want to go away for hours to take photos, photos, photos and more photos until the perfect shot.

And so, almost always the first thing the spouses ask is: no pose!

Actually the question should not be reckoned as well. The problem is not “pose or non pose”, “constructed photo or reportage photo”. The problem is the approach to photography and the way we deal with the photo shoot.

Being photographed must be an additional reason for fun and joy during the party.

It must be a great little adventure to look at yourself with other eyes, to see what the expert gaze of a photographer can capture us, to immortalize in a series of unforgettable images the most beautiful day of our life, the day that marks the beginning of a new family. That’s why the wedding photo shoot must be perfect and true, impeccable and spontaneous, technically excellent and full of joy and authenticity.

How to do it?

What I propose is my method, the RealWed method, with which a relationship of understanding and empathy is created immediately between me and the spouses. Together, already in the days before the wedding, we imagine what the final result will be, we agree on the details, we get in tune.

I do not propose pre-established solutions, but, together with the couple, I build an ad hoc proposal, which allows the spouses to feel perfectly at ease and know what to do that day.

If they wish, I always advise to also do a “engagement” service: a nice way to tell their love story, but also an excellent tool to get familiar with the camera and with me, to experiment with photographic solutions in advance best and arrive calm and peaceful on your wedding day.

The truth is that no beautiful photo can be built only with technique or only with improvisation: in the first case, we would have perfect and cold photos, unable to speak, to tell, to return emotions. In the second case there is the risk of being confusing, of losing important elements, of never having that photograph capable of striking, enchanting, moving.

Technique and spontaneity, the perfect mix!

Technique and spontaneity must be dosed in a perfect and balanced mix that allows everyone to give their best, that allows the spouses to bring out all their joy, their emotion, their characters in an authentic and spontaneous way and that allows the photographer to to work giving the best of oneself and making use of years of study, work, experience, with the certainty of having already built a deep understanding with the spouses, of being able to communicate with them with a single glance, helping them manage time and to live serenely and joyfully every moment of the day.

Only in this way will the photo shoot on the wedding day be a moment of beauty and lightness, which will only add joy and fun to a truly special and unique day.

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Get photographed? No fear, only splendor and spontaneity!

With his simplicity and sympathy he managed to break the shyness of both us and our guests. Who would have thought that we would have fun being photographed? (★★★★★ Jacopo e Ilaria)

For our wedding we were looking for a photographer who wasn’t “a burden”, who wasn’t “forced photos”, who wasn’t “the photographer is me and I tell you what you need to do”. Ours had to be real photos, spontaneous photos born by chance on the most beautiful day of our lives. With Mirko that day was like having an extra friend taking pictures of us. (★★★★★ Stefano e Fabiola)

The first challenge of the spouses: to be the center of attention

Try a speech in front of the mirror and speak in public. Hum in the shower or perform on a stage. Try on a dress in the dressing room or on the catwalk.

You know, knowing that someone is watching us, feeling the gaze of others pointed at us, being the center of attention, can deeply embarrass us. This is also the case when you are in front of a photographic lens, especially if this occurs on a day already so full of expectations, emotions, expectations such as the wedding day. That mix of tension, happiness, trepidation, combined with the fear of not looking good in photos, with the discomfort of feeling observed by relatives, friends, florist, hairdresser, photographer, beautician … can give a devastating result: fake photos, in which the effort to look-beautiful-and-smile-despite-the emotion is perceived more than the authenticity of a day as special as that of the wedding.

It happened to me many times: I met spouses so tense for the logistical details of the party, for the fear that something would go wrong, for the fear that the photos would go wrong, that, in the end, they were the only ones who did not enjoy the day.

The photographer’s gaze

Instead, the spouses are the protagonists: it is their special day, what they have desired, expected, prepared with care and must be able to live it happy, serene, calm, knowing that those around them are not inquiring looks, but are the eyes of people who love them and share their joy.

And the photographer’s eye is the first to have to look at them in this way: the photographer is a bit the director of the day, the one who will guide the times of the party, the one who will capture all the details and, of all those present, will be the one who will spend more time with the spouses, from the moment of the morning preparations to the evening dances and the cutting of the cake.

That’s why the photographer must be, first of all, an ally.

Empathy, understanding, spontaneity: the RealWed method

This is exactly what I do thanks to the RealWed method, the only one that starts not from the simple photographic technique, but which allows you to create a real empathy with my spouses. A relationship that is built from the first meetings, which is strengthened with the premarital service and that on the day of the wedding allows us to move in perfect harmony.

You and your fiancé will be sure of you, perfectly at ease, calm and serene, both with guests and with me. You will not have fears and embarrassments, but you will be able to express your joy and your emotion with naturalness and simplicity and your photo shoot will be not the simple chronology of the day, but an authentic story, full of life, sincere: it will talk about you and nobody other, because those photographs will have been able to grasp the unique characteristics of your love, your story, the details of the party, the unique aspects of your characters, your lives, your families, friends who share the joy of that day.

That’s why the photographic story created with the RealWed method, thanks to the simplicity and frankness of a relationship built over time between you and me, is truly unique and special: because each couple is different, inimitable and deserves to be told in its unrepeatable and beautiful being .

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