15/10/2017

Christchurch Botanic Gardens Autumn Engagement Photography

Christchurch Botanic Gardens Autumn Engagement Photography
: Leanne and Simon couples portraits.

Like I have mentioned before, the Christchurch Botanic Gardens are one of the most versatile locations for portrait photography.

Pip and I met up with Leanne and Simon in the gardens for their engagement photography session. Leanne Simon are such a lovely and affectionate couple, Simon even has a tattoo of Leanne’s name on his forearm. How cute is that?

The couple came well prepared for the shoot, even bringing along a change of outfits. Changing outfit part way into the photo session gives a different look to the images.

By the time the shoot started, the sun was a bit low as it was late in the day, and coupled with the autumn colours produced lovely warm light which adds a romantic feel to the images.

We shot in 5 different locations, all of which were less than 100m from each other proving the versatility of this fantastic location.

Most of the lighting was backlighting the couple using the sun and using an off camera flash to light them from the front. This type of lighting is becoming the go to when shooting portraits.

The start of the shoot was a little shaky, but once the Leanne and Simon got relaxed, we were cooking with gas, and their natural selves came out to play.
The resulting images prove it all.

Photography Tip

If you are after photos with warm, glowing, romantic light. Shoot your subjects early in the morning while the sun is still low or late in the afternoon towards sunset.