Capturing romantic moments is wedding photography 101. Most couples are as loved-up as they’re ever going to be on their wedding day, and this prompt is a great way to capture that.
Breathe in your love: intimate romantic prompts for the wedding day portrait session
As you move through the prompts you’ve collected for a session, this one is a great one to wind down with after more active prompts, or visa versa: as a starting prompt for a couple who are already feeling smoochy, before you take them into more active, laughter-filled prompts.
It’s also time-effective: you can get a lot of looks quickly with this prompt, which makes for easy album design after the wedding! If you’re running short of time because your couple need to get to their reception, this one works every time.
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How to use this photo pose prompt
This prompt is perfect for the sunset session when you are taking romantic portraits of the happy couple alone. It also works for engagements, maternity shoots, and for a quiet moment capturing just the parents at a family photoshoot.
If necessary, let the couple warm up to this prompt: not everyone feels comfortable showing intimacy in front of others. Having said though, however, this is a very easy intimate prompt. It doesn’t require much more than standing still together, and even the most uncomfortable person in front of the camera can usually manage that!
Shoot with a wide aperture (e.g. f2.8) to blur the background and capture the intimacy, as if they are the only two people in the world.
This prompt works wonderfully with the 360o challenge in Find the Unexpected. Set up the couple, give them the prompt, then move around them to quickly capture different looks and lighting all in the same setup.
Prompt: Breathe in Your Love
- Get up close and personal with the couple: step in close, ask them to do the same, moving into each other’s space and holding each other tightly (the closer the better).
- Ask them to hold still and look into each other’s eyes. Tell the other person silently how much you love them, using your gaze.
- Add little movements: slowly tuck hair behind partner’s ear, stroke side of their neck, kiss on the neck, move hair of a shoulder, weave fingers into hair (if hairstyle allows, especially for brides!), stroke cheek with fingers.
- Close eyes and breathe in sync: have them touch foreheads, and for five breathes, breath in and out in time with each other.
Creative extension
- Carefully position yourself with the sun behind your couple to capture the intimate moment with a burst of sun. Expose for the sky and you’ll have a romantic silhouette to add to their gallery. If the bride is wearing a flowy dress, have an assistant throw the dress and run out of frame to add some movement. Shoot in a burst and stitch the exposures together in Photoshop to remove any trace of the assistant if they not a cheetah and can’t run faster than your shutter speed!
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Want this prompt in your Field Cards set?
All the info in this prompt post is summarized onto a single card in the Promptographer Guide Field Cards and App. All the ideas are given on one card so you have a rich, comprehensive tool for sparking ideas. I’ve designed it this way so you only need five to ten cards to build a whole photoshoot.
If you want this prompt in your set, make sure you include Set 3: Intimate Moments in your Field Cards.
