Couple Photography in Dhanori, Pune

Where, exactly?

The honest problem with a couple shoot close to home is that there is nowhere obvious to do it.

A flat is small and public, the lobby is a lobby, and the lawn is where the children play. None of them is an obvious answer.

Which is why these sessions often do not get booked at all, or get booked and then quietly moved somewhere generic. It is a location problem rather than a photography one, and it is worth solving before the day rather than on it.

There are usually more options than it seems. A stairwell with side light, a terrace late in the afternoon, the lawn at an hour when nobody is on it, or simply the studio, which sidesteps the question entirely and is often the least fuss.

Wherever it happens, the session itself stays short and low-key. Gentle direction, an hour at most, and photographs that look like the two of you rather than like a production.

The honest problem with a couple shoot close to home is that there is nowhere obvious to do it. A flat is small and public, the lobby is a lobby, and the lawn is where the children play.

That is why these sessions often do not get booked at all, or get booked and then quietly moved somewhere generic. It is a location problem rather than a photography one.

There are usually more options than it seems — a stairwell with side light, a terrace late in the afternoon, the lawn at an hour when nobody is on it, or simply the studio.

Wherever it happens, the session stays short and low-key. Gentle direction, an hour at most, and photographs that look like the two of you.

Stairwells are worth a specific mention, because most people dismiss them and they are frequently the best-lit space in the building.

A landing window throws light across from the side, the walls are plain, and at most hours nobody is using them.

It is not where anyone expects to be photographed, which is part of why the results do not look like everyone else's.