5 Great Compositions for Engagement and Couples Portraits

Engagement and couples portraits can be challenging, since you have to juggle posing two people simultaneously while, of course, dealing with all the other normal parameters, like composition, lighting, and more. If you would like to take a little pressure off yourself and improve your photos, this excellent video tutorial will show you five effective compositions for engagement and couples portraits. 

Coming to you from our good friend, Pye Jirsa, with Adorama TV, this awesome video tutorial will show you five effective compositions for engagement and couples portraits. You have to manage a lot of variables when shooting such portraits, and having some planned in advance can help alleviate some of the pressure. This also means knowing and understanding your location. We generally think of location-scouting for things like landscape photography, but it is something you should definitely consider doing for these portraits as well. Not only will it make you a bit less stressed, particularly if you are new to the genre, it will make you more likely to make the best possible images. And of course, don't forget to check on the light as well. An app like The Photographer's Ephermeris can help you visualize the like at a given location at any future date and time. Check out the video above for the full rundown from Jirsa. 

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Alex Cooke is a Cleveland-based portrait, events, and landscape photographer. He holds an M.S. in Applied Mathematics and a doctorate in Music Composition. He is also an avid equestrian.

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Useful, thanks Alex.