Engagement Shoot and Rituals  

So I just got back from shooting Ashley & Billy's engagement photos. I think they turned out pretty good, and as always it was a learning experience. I rented a 12-24 lense from pictureline and it was the smartest hing I did. It is a wideangle 2.8 lense which gave me awesome depth of field. They are a very good looking couple so try were very easy to photograph. I will post pictures as soon as I get home and process some of them.

So I have found that with every shoot I do I have certain rituals the night before and the day of. I have always wondered if other photographers have rituals when they photograph, or if they show up and start snapping? The night before I get all my equipment ready and clean off all of my cards. I look through the Internet for photos similiar to what I am shooting just to get ideas, not I'm not sure if this is because I am still an amateuar but I like seeing other peoples ideas, it helps my creative flow). And the day of the shoot I always stop and get a Dr. Pepper and I always try and dress nice because i feel like I shoot better when I feel good. Ok so maybe these aren't rituals but it's what gets me in the zone. Let me know what you do to get the creative juices flowing.


Here is one of the shots from sunday. I will post more when I'm done processing them.







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