“The toughest part of taking selfies of ourselves and our hubbies is that hubbies come in two sizes: uncooperative and completely uncooperative.” – Elena, Selfie Magic
Elena was spot on that selfie couple portraits are a challenge. Last week, when I saw that this week’s prompt would be “couples,” I quickly sent an email to my husband requesting a photo op…he agreed (Elena suggested that when doing couples photos, that you request one hour of uninterrupted time so your other/better half doesn’t get all antsy). We had a few errands to run last Sunday and when we got home, I was ready to go with my tripod and remote. One problem…I’m not very good at giving direction and my husband needs direction when it comes to photographs. Thus, we got off to a rocky start.
First shot – silhouette…not exactly what I was going for. Second shot – much better, but I wanted a few more poses. What? Out of time? Nope – my parents arrived for an afternoon visit. And our light…gone. Either way, I think my husband looks hot.
50mm, ISO 200, f/4.5, 1/80 sec.
So, the bad news is that we only got one shot for our Valentine’s Day moment…the good news is that I think we’ll be much better prepared for future couple’s selfies – thanks Elena for the tips. We’ll be ready next time! For more couple’s selfies (and shots of love: Foto Friday), go to:
Next week’s theme is “arms-length” self portraits. I should give my sister a call…she loves this pose!
While I’m here, I’d love to introduce you to a new friend (she may not be new to you – she already has a huge following): Holly from This Momma Rocks! She hosts Click it Thursday and Photo Share Saturday. This week’s photo share is all about photographing your kids.
Love you and your man’s pics! I understand the “having to pose them” problem
Her posing tips are so much help… though.. I wasn’t too happy with my posing with the hubby.
You and your hubby are beautiful/handsome.
This is perfect. You two are so cute together.
Really nice shot!
You’d never get me posing with my other half purely because we are both camera shy, but you both look great!
Ha! Love that quote…my hubby is so uncooperative I’m not even allowed to shoot candids of him when he’s playing with the kids! Naturally, I do anyways…but then I have to suffer him not speaking to me for about a week
Great portrait…you guys are so sweet together!
Beautiful shot!
Great shot of you both–does not look like a timer shot at all! It must be a guy thing to be uncooperative for pixs sometimes. Isaac is starting to be camera goofy.
Looks great!
You look hot too;)
you both look great! love the color of your sweater/shirt on you! great job
this is such a great shot, really lovely and natural and I too love the colour of your sweater.
Sweet shot ♥
Have a lovely weekend.
This is great! You look gorgeous and your husband doesn’t look like he is antsy at all..he looks very comfortable! It doesn’t even look like you guys were posing for it..very natural looking.
Thanks so much for the shout out! I really love your blog
LOVE it!!
You both look beautiful and very natural too. I think we have to practice on that part a lot more, somehow always one of us looks totally silly in shots like these
This shot is great!
i think you captured a great one!
Oh Ashley! I love it so much!!! You have such a smoldering look and your hubby looks really happy ( which I know can’t be possible since he is taking pictures). Omg you did such a good job. You both look great and Iove the postprocesing too!
Oh and I noticed your sharp focus! Great job!
lovely of both of you!!! Both of your eyes have a light in them very nice. Like the softness this has as well.
Awe, you both look cute!
So sweet
Awwww, beautiful couple! x
Awww, I think that’s a great photo of the two of you! My goal for the year: more photos with me in them (including Dan & I together….)
Great photo of you two!
Cute! : )
What a lovely photo and nice to have a face to go with the hand holding the bouquet! You make a beautiful couple!
I love this picture. YOu guys are awesome together. You also have a look like “He’s mine, back off”.
Wow!! That’s a great shot of both of you!! You totally need to print that one off and put it somewhere.
What a great capture! You both look so happy, and the soft lighting is perfect.
Your husband kind of looks like Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay’s Quarterback), I think it’s something about the eyes maybe?
(Oh, and I’m so not a football fan, that I’m hoping it is a compliment.)
Just Wonderful! Beautiful couple!
I think you got a great photo! You are a beautiful couple.
I think I need to invest in a tripod!
Look how gorgeous you two are! Wonderful capture.
This is great!
I’m allowed to ask John once a year for a family photo, and even that can’t take more than 15min. He’s a tough one.
I love your ‘seductive’ look
Very sweet photo, I’m sure you will treasure this forever.
such a great photo of you both – love the processing as well
I think you hit it right first time, beautiful capture, you both look amazing.
Si
This is a great shot!
Awww you guys make a very good looking couple!
Wow! You two make such a LOVELY couple!!
FAVORITE portrait shot of you EVER! You look BE-AUTIFUL! And the hubs looks great too. VERY well done! XOXO
Girl, you rocked this one! I love it!
Great photo. I like it.
I think it is a wonderful shot and great practice for future ones.
This looks beautiful…I still have to post mine. This was so hard to do, husbands do not want to cooperate.
Ashley you are gorgeous!
this is beautiful, I wish I had a huge window like that!
oh my word, you guys are an adorable couple! I have been gone for a bit and I have missed reading your blog! can’t wait to catch up more
You’re a lovely couple!
OMG. What an incredibly sweet photo of the two of you!!!!!
For a selfie, that’s a wonderful shot. You’ve got everything set so wonderfully! Lovely couple, you are.
What a gorgeous couple you are! I love it!
Great job lady!! You rocked this!! Love your expressions and pose!!
Such a cute couple… now excuse me while I… lol!!!
Awww, I love that shot! I think there’s a rockstar quality to it, though I can’t exactly put my finger on why I think that. Either way, you clearly look in love.
Oh, you are sooo stinking CUTE!!! You and your husband are both adorable. LOVE the shot!!!
This is a great shot Ashley. You both look really relaxed. Love the horizontal composition.
You and your hubby are too cute!
What a stunning couple!! I personally thing this is a fantastic selfie! I I need to get my hands on a remote – it’s definitely needed in my camera bag
Such a great photo of you guys together! Ashley, you are stunning!
Awesome picture. Perfect display of <3!