Have I told you guys about my sunset anxiety? I’m sure it applies to sunrise as well, but I never seem to be awake for those. Anyway, I’m referring to how, instead of simply enjoying the natural beauty of a sunset, I get distressed about capturing THE perfect sunset moment. You know the one, when things are centred just right and there’s the ideal amount of cotton candy skies with a couple scattered clouds. It’s so stressful though, because the lighting and colours change so rapidly, that I’m left with like a hundred photos of the same thing, all the while, I’ve missed taking the view in. I don’t know why, but sunsets turn me into a bit of a photo monster. It’s not my finest quality, we can all agree on that! I share this, because I experience what I call “the sunset effect” on vacation.
As relaxed as I am on my trips, I always have this lingering thought in the back of my head about the need for high quality photos. Not of the scenery, I love capturing that myself. It’s always a worry about getting a great photo of the people I’m travelling with! iPhone selfies just won’t cut it in one of my photo books, and the dreaded stranger ask somehow always ends up with no background scenery, feet cut off, or some other boggling photo fail. All of this changed a few years ago on our family trip to Kauai. I hired a local photographer to come meet us for half an hour to take some family photos. Not only was it really fun, but I was actually able to relax the entire trip about photos knowing that a professional would be taking care of that. We have the most beautiful memories of our trip from that shoot, and it was such a lovely gift idea for my parent’s 30th wedding anniversary!
So, this brings us to Flytographer. This brilliant company facilitates these exact types of shoots all over the world! They act as a photo concierge and pair you up with the local photographer of your choice from their roster. You select the location (or ask for suggestions, like we did) and guide the general feel for the shoot. The Flytographer team is so amazing, we even had to deal with a last minute crisis with our original photographer and they were able to arrange for someone else at the last minute (thanks, Roberta)! We got our photos back within a WEEK and the price was extremely reasonable, especially for such high quality pics. Enough talking about them though, take a peek at some of my favourites from our Flytographer experience below! Images by the talented Roberta Perrone on our honeymoon in Positano. Really wishing I could snap my fingers and be back on the Amalfi Coast right about now!
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