BERNKASTEL-KUES CHRISTMAS MARKET PHOTOGRAPHY

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With this mini session date set a little later in the month it was open to alterations. With covid a lot of Christmas markets were beginning to close. The later in December that we went the more markets there were that began to close. This date was originally going to be at the Heidelberg Christmas market. Shortly before we were going to shoot there they announced that the Heidelberg markets were going to close due to the rising cases of covid in the region. It was really a bummer to not be able to shoot there again as it was a beautiful market. With having done Christmas market mini sessions at Bernkastel-Kues the day before I knew the market was going to be open. The mask mandates and restrictions were less severe at this market as well which made things a little easier.

There were a total of 10 mini sessions for this day and I began shooting when the market opened. There were a couple cancellations the day of for various reasons but it was still a very busy day. The days previously shot here I knew the area pretty well; where to meet and where to shoot. I set the meeting point at the main square of the city in front of the giant advent calendar. On this day I got to shoot with a lot of families as well as two different couples. The day began with a beautiful family and their daughter. As we were working around getting shots one of the shop owners I met the day before offered a chair for some photos. We put it out in the middle of the street and got some fun photos with it.

KAISERSLAUTERN CHRISTMAS MINI SESSIONS

It was great to see some familiar faces from the sunflower mini sessions as well as new faces. One family I’d also been able to do a Christmas boudoir session with in the weeks leading up to this date. There was also a lesbian couple that joined the mini sessions and it was great to have them along for some fun shots. We’re always open to shooting with whoever and we don’t discriminate or refuse clients because of their sexual orientation. Then we also had a mixed race family and it was great to be able to shoot with them as well. Along with not discriminating sexual orientation we don’t discriminate based on race. We welcome diversity and the opportunity to work with different races, orientations, faiths, ages, etc.

As the day got later we knew we were going to have to start shooting with less light. I’d purchased some mini portable lights to help illuminate as it got later. They aren’t by any means super high quality lights but they did their job. They’re handheld mini lights and have a magnetic backing. While it worked in some areas to stick it to things, for the most part I had a to recruit help to hold the lights. We definitely love the Christmas markets around Europe and we’ll be sad to not have them next year. If you’re in the same area as us around Christmas shoot us a message or check out or social media. We’ll always be offering mini sessions around that time of year and would love to get you in!