Photographing Couples video is released

December 3rd, 2012

Here are a selection of the pictures taken during the making of the Photographing Couples video. I photographed two couples, one in an urban environment and the other in parkland to create a body of work that shows exactly how I pose, light and shoot my couples pictures. Over 600,000 visits to the posing couples pages on this blog triggered the project that is now finally complete. The pictures I shot are displayed in colour throughout the video with their exposure exif data showing all the information you need to recreate the looks. I also share my Speedlight settings too.

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1. Robert Pugh | December 3rd, 2012 at 5:54 pm

Sold!! so buying myself this as an rely christmas present and I’m doing to book the corse for next year.

As an up and coming wedding photographer one of the problems i always face is posing the couples in a way they don’t look like robots so this is perfect for me.
2. Darren Backx | December 6th, 2012 at 9:01 am

Effortless simplicity at its best & you are certainly the master of it, thanks Damien !!
3. Bob | December 13th, 2012 at 6:02 pm

I will have some of that when payday comes round. These video downloads are always VFM

Bob
4. Fergus Morley | December 15th, 2012 at 1:01 pm

excellent video as always. thoroughly enjoyed the sessions. nice to see some rainy ones as well as the better weather variety.
5. damien | December 16th, 2012 at 1:13 pm

Thanks Bob
6. damien | December 16th, 2012 at 4:28 pm

Thanks Fergus
7. Erik van Rosmalen | January 8th, 2013 at 7:29 pm

Hi Damien,

Thanks; I really enjoyed the video – again!

In one of the first scenes you talk about using a Pocket Wizard and Canon Speedlite with your Fuji X100. And I hear you saying that you’ll get back to that ‘later’. However, later never came…

Just curious: it appears possible to use the Canon PW on Fuji? Does that go only for this combination or more? How did you find that out?
8. damien | January 8th, 2013 at 7:59 pm

Hi Erik,

Thank you for the compliments about my video. Yes indeed you are correct, later never came. You can use a Canon PW with the Fuji cameras to trigger other PW units in the native PW manual mode only. That is, I was using the non ttl communication system that PW employs alongside it’s ttl system in the TT1 and TT5 units. The PW acts like a dumb manual trigger. I have shot my X100 at 1/1000th second with this system without problems.

Kindest regards,

Damien.
9. Erik van Rosmalen | January 9th, 2013 at 5:56 am

Yes, how peculiar. Who knows that might work with my PW’s and an Olympus PEN as well, might just give it a try… thanks for the response!

Best regards,

Erik.
PS: For Dutch readers (and Google Translate-users), my review is online at Photofacts.nl! Check http://www.photofacts.nl/fotografie/rubriek/reviews/recensie_damien_lovegrove_photographing_couples.asp
10. damien | February 9th, 2013 at 8:42 pm

Hi Erik,

The PW mini works on an Olymous OMD to trigger Canon or Nikon Speedlights remotely in manual mode. Good luck with your PEN. Damien
11. Erik van Rosmalen | February 10th, 2013 at 10:05 am

Thanks for the heads up, I’ll give it a try!!!
12. Sean Gannon | February 11th, 2013 at 8:45 pm

Great video again Damian. I have meant to mention it for a while. I bought it on Day 1 and its a great collection of set ups that would help anyone on a wedding or engagement shoot. Keep them coming !
13. damien | February 17th, 2013 at 10:28 am

Thank you Sean for your kind words. I’m planning my next videos right now.

Kindest regards, Damien.