Maine & NH Engagement Photographer | Yes, You’re Awkward. Same. Let’s Roll With It.

If I had a dollar for every time a couple told me, “We’re awkward in front of the camera,” I’d have enough money to buy another lens I absolutely don’t need but will convince myself is essential for my art.

Here’s the truth:
Everyone thinks they’re awkward. EVERYONE.
You, me, your fiancé, your dog — hell, even I get weird when someone points a camera at me. Suddenly my arms don’t know where to live and I’m blinking like I’m trying to send Morse code.

But here’s the good news:
You don’t have to be not awkward.
You just have to be you, and I’ll handle the rest.

My job is basically to trick you into forgetting I’m holding a giant piece of equipment pointed at your face. So yes — I give you prompts that feel ridiculous in the moment but look freaking adorable on camera.

Like:
• The Drunk Walk — pretend you’re stumbling home from a night out, except it’s light outside and you’re sober (I think).
• Bump hips while walking — bonus points if one of you almost wipes out. It’s cute, trust me.
• Sexy McDonald’s order voice — nothing brings out genuine laughter like someone whispering “twenty-piece nugget… extra sweet ‘n sour…” like it’s a forbidden secret.
• Nose doodling — draw a shape on their forehead with your nose while they try to guess it. Is it a heart? A penis? That’s what it typically is for some reason. A badly drawn potato? Who knows.
• Spin until you regret it — okay don’t actually hurl, but I swear the leaning-on-each-other giggles afterward are gold.
• Piggyback but make it romantic — look at each other without face-planting. That’s it. That’s the entire prompt.

Do these sound dumb?
Absolutely.
Do they make you look natural, connected, and not like you’re posing for your eighth-grade yearbook photo?
Hell yes.

So if you’re awkward… cool. Same energy.
But by the end of your session?
You’re going to look like the effortlessly cute couple you actually are — just with a little help from my chaos-fueled prompt list.