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Introducing props

Introducing props

From the course: Wedding Photography: Bridal Portraits

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Introducing props

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Here, I want to introduce the topic of working with props. You know, when you're capturing a portrait of bride, often integrating a prop into the photograph can really help you out for a number of different reasons. For starters, if someone's a bit self conscious, if you hand them a prop like an old vintage camera, all of a sudden the focus is shifted. Rather than them being self-conscious and focused on their picture being made, they're focused on the prop, kind of checking it out. They can sort of play the part. So, props help to put people at ease. Another reason why you might want to integrate props into your photographs is because they help you tell a certain part of the story. You know, often at weddings, you'll find different types of props that are part of the theme of that particular day. At our shoot, our theme was vintage nautical. And so, we had these different props which we had picked up at thrift stores, or borrowed from friends, or a few that we hand made. And you'll…

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