Love Story Shoots

Clothing
It’s always great if you can choose clothes for the interview that really suit your personality. Comfort is the biggest thing to consider, don’t worry about being too casual or too formal.

Music
It is always preferred if you can bring a list of 10-15 of your favorite songs that we can use throughout your love story. Try to find a mix of different styles and artists so that they will fit with the various parts of your video. If the songs are really old or rare, please bring a CD down with you.

Questions
We have a list of questions that we start with and adapt for each couple and situation. If you want to think of 2-3 questions that we can ask your fiance without him or her knowing, that can always be a fun way to make them more comfortable and to get some really candid answers. To be fair, you should also give him or her the chance to come up with a couple of surprise questions too! It’s always best if you try to avoid talking about any of the questions before or after the interviews since the entertainment and power in a love-story comes from how candid they can be.

Childhood Photos
We usually suggest bringing down about 60 photos total; 20 of each of you growing up, and 20 of you together. You can also skip photos of the two of you together and use more childhood photos since we will also use your engagement photos in the presentation. Try to avoid pictures that are similar and try to find pictures in really wacky situations or with really odd expressions, haircuts, etc. since those always go over best with the crowd! If you can scan the photos and bring them down on CD, that is always recommended since it gives us more time to fix up your photos before using them in the love-story. If you’re scanning your own photos, try for a minimum of 300 dpi in JPG format. If we will be scanning your photos, please prepare to leave them with us for at least a couple of weeks.

Timing
Plan for a good half day or 3-5 hours. Sometimes it works best to do the engagement video portion and then take a break for lunch or dinner before going back to the interview portion. Don’t worry if you’re nervous about speaking - we can always start over and there is no rush. We have worked with many couples with many different personalities and have yet to have an interview session that doesn’t go really well!