Couple photography

The session is built around one location, or two a few steps apart, so the 30 minutes go on photographs rather than on taxis. In Mexico that might be the malecón in Puerto Vallarta, the painted streets of San Miguel de Allende, a quiet stretch of sand in Holbox, or the colonial centre of Mérida. The photographer gives direction throughout, but most of the 20 edited photos come from walking, talking and reacting rather than from held poses, because almost nobody looks natural when told to stand still.

Light decides more than location. On the Caribbean coast and the Pacific, the last hour before sunset and the first hour after sunrise are the soft windows; midday sun on white sand flattens faces and makes eyes squint. In the highland cities, where the air is drier and the streets are narrow, shade from colonial walls makes late afternoon workable well before the sun goes down. Tell us your hotel and your plans for the day, and the timing plan arrives by message before the session.

Choose this session when the pictures do not have a job to do. If you are engaged and need images for invitations, the engagement session delivers crops built for print and screens. If you have just married, the honeymoon session is planned around a resort stay. If one of you is about to ask the question, the proposal service hides the photographer until the yes. A couple session is the plain version of all of them; a longer session or a second location can be added and is quoted in writing before booking.