Ragen and Austin won an instagram contest I was hosting for a free engagement shoot. You see, even though it’s cold and dreary outside, I want to show the world we can still capture some breathtaking engagement portraits! Ragen had a cool idea for her session: smoke grenades! I’d photographed smoke bombs once at a bridal session so I had a little experience with it {pro tip: know for sure which way the wind is blowing before you light the smoke grenade and visually plan where you want the smoke to be in your image}.
The shoot was a total success! Even though we only photographed for about 10 minutes (again… cold, but I don’t need much time to rock out a great e-session! I’ve done it a few times before). It also helps to have Tyler on location with me to assist, which brings me to pro tip #2: have a cute photo assistant there with you to hold the smoke grenade and run around with it if a sudden gust of wind comes from an unexpected location.
And now, on with the {smoke} show…
Talk to you soon,
Dale
Dale Benfield is a Northwest Arkansas Luxury Wedding Photographer serving Fayetteville, Rogers, Bentonville, and Destination Weddings / A Fine Art Wedding Photography Studio. Benfield Photography is a staple in NW Arkansas and has photographed luxury weddings, Italy weddings, celebrity weddings, private estate weddings, Crystal Bridges weddings, Carnall Hall weddings, Weddings at Osage House, Bachelor Nation Weddings, and more.
He has photographed every style of wedding you can image: intimate weddings, Catholic cathedrals in Italy, church weddings, elopements, destination weddings on the beach in Mexico, and so on.
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