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Ryan Richardson Photography is an editorial/fashion inspired wedding and portrait photographer based in Southeastern Massachusetts and serving New England. Massachusetts Wedding Photographer.

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Your Engagement Session

What is an engagement session with Ryan Richardson Photography?

It's part portrait shoot, part fashion show with a couple of ice breakers and bad jokes thrown into the mix. During your engagement session, you'll have a chance to expres yourself and become familiar with posing and your photographer. Avove all, to paraphrase a wonderfully celver ad campaign, it's a chance to illustrate your love.

Typically, we'll meet up at some lovely little spot and ramble for a little over an hour taking pictures and talking about your wedding and your relationship. It's a chance to build a connection and sense of trust before a hectic wedding day and get some great images for you to use with save the date cards, your Facebook page, newspaper announcements and even to share with family and friends as they wait for the big date.

So how do you prepare for your engagement session?

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Outdoor Weddings II: Sudden Weather

It's often said that if you don't like the weather in New England, you should go inside and wait ten minutes because it's bound to change. Every so often mother nature likes to remind us of her sense of whimsy by dropping some snow in the spring or a rain of toads. The year 1816 was known in New England as the year without a summer because a series of volcanic eruptions across the globe caused temperatures to drop and severe snowstorms to hit the region, in June.

When planning your wedding, especially a year ahead of time, it's important to keep that caprice in mind. June might normally be a lovely time of year but wind, rain or even brush fires can cause the perfect outdoor wedding to become a perfect mess. How do you cope with these weather events?

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A Little Different: Sports and the Wedding Photographer

When I stepped into the arena, I was already a few minutes late for the game. The crowd roared as the sound of the puck snapping back and forth over the ice between players reverberated in the air. I'd never shot hockey before, I'd barely even watched the sport outside of the antics of Gordon Bombay and his gang of scrappy rascals. and as the little black puck whipped over the ice I felt momentarily overwhelmed.

It was a familiar feeling. I'd experienced it three years ago as I stepped out of my car into a misty New England afternoon to meet my first bride and take her pictures. I clutched the rented camera tightly in my hand. In my whole life, I'd only been to a few weddings in my life and for a second I felt overwhelmed, after all, this was supposed to be the most important day in this couple's life and their memories were in my hands.

Shooting sports and shooting weddings have a lot more in common than a first glance would tell you. Both are fast paced and high pressure shoots, where you need to be on your toes or the important moments will pass right by you. Each has their own flow and rhythm that a seasoned professional can anticipate to get great shots. Of course, with all photography there are fundamental skills that will help you make great photos.

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