Emily & Gene Engagement Photography London
Their love story could be a movie, Emily is a hairdresser and Gene one day became her client and they fell in love during their moment they had in the salon and have now 3 beautiful children together. They love city life and are drawn to London and LA. Gene is a lover of movies and theatre and proposed on stage at the Majesty’s Theatre in London just before the show of Phantom of the opera and yes she did say Yes, I do. How romantic isn't that?
With their proposal story we of course had to go to the Majesty Theatre to take some engagement photos to capture where the magic happened. We had so much fun outside the theatre and we laughed a lot. This is a plus with the virus that the streets are a lot more quiet so it makes it a little easier to shoot. I am so thankful that I can go out and capture and create and still keep the distance with help of lenses that make it possible to be far away.
Gene and Emily are such cute couples and you can tell that they have been together for years and they really know each other. Emily is a little more drawn back but with the help and comfort from Gene it became really good and more relaxed. It was her first ever professional photo session so I do understand that she was nervous and it's hard to take directions of posing when you haven't had that done before. I am so proud of her because she did so well and I learned a lot of which poses that suits them the best and what we should keep for their wedding portraits. I am pretty sure that they went home to practice the twirling, hehe we had so much fun twirling and yes it looks so much easier then what it is. The good part was that it's ok to not do it perfectly. It's perfectly fine to be a little stiff and struggle, that's why I am with you to give you the tools and tricks to make it even better and make it look perfect for the image, that's another reason why an engagement session is so important to try poses know what you can practice on at home or what you don't like to do on your big day.
We originally planned to go to Greenwich park but due to the virus and distance we had to rethink and chose Holland park instead. We definitely had the weather on our side, even if the virus is all here and we should be more careful the park was full with people wandering around. We had to stop and wait a few times to let people pass by and to make sure as little people were in the background. I know it can be embarrassing or making you very uncomfortable to be standing there with your partner trying to pose and having people looking and passing by. If you are a person who really dislikes moments like that or aren't a fan to be in the centre I would suggest you to let me know in advance while planning your engagement session or even for your wedding portraits so we can plan a park that is more hidden. For your wedding day be able to plan to go a little further away and also make sure someone that you trust can make sure that no guests are following. These things can make a big change and difference in how you feel which will be a huge difference in the images as well.
Stay safe and keep planning for your big day. x
