Mentoring Session | Brittany Marie | Virginia Wedding Photographers | Michael and Carina Photography

Brittany Marie is a beautiful girl inside and out, a talented photographer from Northern Virginia and officially part of our 2013 mentoring-session-family!
There is so much more to mentoring sessions than talking about technical specs and branding. What it is all about is encouragement and inspiration. Brittany has big dreams and lots of personality, we just had a blast talking about her goals!
Finding “your style” and what makes “your brand” is one of the hardest puzzles for photographers – especially in a saturated industry. But when you realize that what makes your photography unique is YOU, good things just start happening!
You don’t need to emulate anybody else or any other style. And it is not all about equipment either. Brittany is so talented, natural and simply loveable, we have no doubt she will go very far! We can already see a big change! She took amazing photographs at our session and dared to step outside of the box!
We also shot with a fantastic model couple (hello, how much better does it get? a beautiful girl and a BOW TIE!) at around sunset. Different backgrounds, different lighting situations, different poses…we had it all. This hands-on exercise gave us the chance to demonstrate and experiment, without the pressure of a “real” engagement session!
Afterwards we went to a little bistro in the heart of Colonial Williamsburg, slurping smoothies and talking goals for the next year.
This is not the end of our session, this is the beginning of an inspired year and a lasting friendship.

Check out Brittany’s fantastic shots as well as her review of her experience here!

Part I

Part II

xoxo, Carina (and Mike)

This is Part I of our mentoring session with Brittany. Part II (all film) will follow tomorrow!