Empowering women to love their bodies! BTS Vlog on tips & tricks for your first fitness photoshoot...

I am so lucky in my job that I get to work with unbelievable women that are inspirational, driven and have undergone emotional journeys to reach their goals. I get to be a big part of this journey, helping them plan their photoshoot, creating a vision to capture this moment in their life, documenting it for a lifetime, bringing their ideas to reality while also becoming a friend!  

One of the most common things I hear is "Is that me?". So many women have no idea how beautiful they are and how unbelievable they look in the skin their in. Yes I photograph males and females at the peak of their conditioning for competitions, but I also photography body transformations, weight loss journeys and boudoir photography, embracing the body in its everyday state. Everyone is on their own journey.... and we pride ourselves on creating a fun and personalised experience, offering very specific styling, posing and planning guidance easing the nerves and stresses of planning a photoshoot. 

A photoshoot is not always about looking lean and 'shredded', it's about capturing your beauty and creating an end result that you're proud of! 

I recently got to work with the stunning Sophie, guiding her through the process of how to plan and prepare for a photoshoot including supplying location galleries, Pinterest boards for styling, outfit planning and creating a visual of what her end result would be. 

This was Sophie's first photoshoot and to capture this experience, we created a behind the scenes vlog of what is involved in a fitness/boudoir photoshoot. We give you an insight into a 'day in the life of Life Portraits' showcasing our gold package (1-2 hour portrait package) with Sophie and what happens on a fitness photoshoot. 

See some of our favourite images from the shoot below as well as the vlog. Sophie is such a beautiful woman who priorities a healthy lifestyle (not competing) and embraces her everyday gorgeous body! 

Em x

Brisbane Fitness & Fashion Photography
www.lifeportraits.photography/fitness
info@lifeportraits.photography

The Beauty of Simplicity

Shooting on location is a fantastic experience for both the subject and the photographer. Playing with colours and the excitement of the surroundings to create wonderful images that have real meaning to those featured in them, particularly when they are photographed at a place that has special meaning.

But sometimes it is just as important to move away from those locations and enter the studio. Here, the photographer has full control of light and the surroundings. With experience, we can create the right combination of light and shadow, transforming the potentially bland surround of a studio to create a beautiful set of images where the subject becomes the be all and end all of the image.

You can (and we often do) introduce props, different lighting styles, dramatic costumes and make up,  and all sorts of things.... and sometimes you can just strip everything back to the bare minimum.

In our photoshoot with Racheal this is exactly what we did. At her pre-shoot consultation we agreed just to keep it simple. In doing so, we were able to highlight her natural beauty and grace. Despite the time to set up the studio to create the ideal lighting, the results look surprising simple. To our eye that simplicity makes the end results simply beautiful. 

Andy