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Good Side 04A
The StorytellerHow to photograph expressive clients who need context
Give you a scene and you'll give it everything.
On camera
- 01A scenario gets you further than a pose
- 02You commit fully once you know the scene
- 03Your expressions tell a whole story
You're expressive and up for anything, as long as you know what the moment is about. A blank "look natural" leaves you guessing, but a scenario, a role or a memory turns you on like a light. Your photos feel like stills from a movie.
For photographers
How to photograph The Storyteller
Expressive, fairly comfortable, prefers guidance. They thrive on context: give each setup a mini-story and they will act it out with real emotion.
Warm-up
- Ask them to retell how they met while walking, and interrupt with follow-up questions.
- Use a prop or activity (coffee, a blanket, a record) to anchor the first scene.
Directing style
Scenario prompts. Frame each setup as a scene with a beginning, a twist and an ending, and narrate it for them.
Treat the session like scenes in a short film. Change location or prop with each act to reset their energy.
Prompts that work
- 1You're late for a train. Walk fast, then one of you stops to steal a kiss.
- 2Reenact your first date, but badly.
- 3Read each other a pretend letter from your future selves.
- 4One of you has a secret. The other has to guess it from your face.
- 5You just got the best news of your life. React.
- 6Plan your dream vacation out loud. Point at the horizon like it's there.
- 7Pretend you're seeing each other across a crowded room for the first time.
- 8Toast to something only the two of you understand.
Avoid
- Abstract instructions without context
- Repeating the same setup with no new scene
- Long technical pauses that break the story
- Pure posing sequences
Say / don't say
- Say“New scene:”
- Say“Now imagine…”
- Say“Plot twist:”
- Not“Just look natural.”
- Not“Do whatever.”
- Not“Same again.”