mature copuple- need help

I need some help...I recently did and engagement shoot for a more mature couple. (late forties, early fifties age) and I found it to be a totally different ball game. It was hard for me to get a creative with them.

I am shooting their wedding in November and I am so nervous about it after the engagement shoot.

I would love to see your take on this age group for weddings and engagements...post your samples or any advice/tips?

Thanks.

Denise, what's a co-puple? lol.. sorry.

but seriously, I'd just try and get them to act natural, stand back with a zoom lens and have them talk, flirt with one another, that sort of thing. You've seen me do something similar at both weddings you've been at, sometimes it works much better than other times, but I'd definitely try something like that.

These are two people, in love, getting married. Okay, maybe a little more experienced, and they may not be going for all the bells and whistles that they younger clients may want, but, they obviously want something to make it memorable, otherwise, why would they have hired a photographer.

I'm 55, I've been married for 28 years. I still think about my wife the way I did on my wedding day, and still remember what it was like then. These people want the same thing. They want to have fun at their wedding and they want to remember it with your pictures, so I would just do what you do and see what happens. They'll probably love it.

I find older people to sometimes be even more affectionate and into each other - it seems like they are so happy to have met this person and be able to retire and travel with them etc... it is a completely different ball game but all I can say is just record what you see. Please post the photos

Hi,

I put this post up today here in the wedding forum...this couple are both in their mid-50's.

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=382214

I found them a pleasure to work with, they were very deeply in love, and were not camera shy at all. Just treat them as any other couple. I took over 1,000 photos and will give them a DVD and an 20+ page album.

BTW, I have been married 43 years and I still treat my wife like my girlfriend. We go on a "date" every Thursday night and try to find a different restaurant each time

pixel, I find older people easier to work with. They are usually more traditional and don't care about getting "every shot". I tried to get creative but they only bought the more simple traditional ones. Have you talked to them much to understand what they are looking for in "wedding pictures"?

Don't stress, they will probably be deeply in love (are they 2nd timers?). Maybe not as full on as young couples but show the love and affection between them.

If they have been married before and have families make sure you get all the combinations. All the children, bride's side. Ditto groom's side and together. Check all this out beforehand. Do they get on? Are there any problem areas you may have top deal with?

What was the problem with the engagement shoot? Was it them or you? I'm not being nasty here but sometimes it seems silly to have an older couple kissing, cuddling and generally goofing round. Alternatively were they reserved and undemonstrative - this may give some indication of where to go with the wedding photos.

Good luck - I've got a similar wedding in two weeks and they have stressed they want lots of family shots.