Photo Corner with Janna Salmela Photography: Flowering Trees

Flowering trees make beautiful but tricky backdrops!  

We photographers start drooling as soon as the

buds open up on the flowering trees and bushes, so you can easily talk us into spring sessions. Unfortunately, there's such a short window of opportunity.  I talked to a client over Memorial weekend about their upcoming session and she showed me a picture of a beautiful ornamental plum tree in their yard.  When I arrived, 7 days later, there were no blooms left!

Here's some tips to make your spring flowering tree session a success.

1.  Find a tree with branches that hang low to the ground.  

2.  Ideally, we'd like to see sun on the branches in the late afternoon/early evening.

3.  Contact your photographer in March or April and let them know you are interested in a session (family, engagement, High School Senior, etc).  Find out if they have locations they use already and let them know that you've found one too.

4.  Work out a plan with your photographer.  I would give you a list of dates that work for me over a period of a few weeks so that we can be very flexible.  AT THE FIRST SIGN OF BUDS, CALL!   

5.  Evening light is the absolute best light for beautiful images.  I like to start between 6:00 and 7:00pm.  

With a little bit of work, you can have stunning and unique photos that capture the essence of spring.  

Janna Salmela Photography