#121 Today's guest is Vanessa Joy. A wedding photographer with over 19 years of experience. She’s also a photography educator and after seeing her youtube video "3 overlooked posing secrets" and then seeing the success I had at my weddings from her suggestions I knew I had to get her on the show to find out more! In this interview we talk about her approach to speed posing.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• How Vanessa Joy got her start in Photography
• Why it was so hard for her to learn photography
• What Vanessa Joys first client taught her about being a photographer
• Why we all struggle so much with posing when starting out in photography
• What most new photographers get wrong when they start posing
• How posing from a shot list can BOOST your creativity rather than make it stale
• What advice Vanessa would give to a new photographer just starting out
• How to build confidence when posing for the first time
• The must have wedding portraits you have to nail
• How to get unnatural couples feeling and looking their best in front of the camera
• Coming up with poses for both an engagement session and wedding

Resources:

• New York City Wedding Photographer Vanessa Joy’s Website
• Vanessa Joy’s Photography Education Breathe Your Passion
• Speed Posing Course for Wedding Photographers
• Vanessa Joy on Instagram

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