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A curated collection of real weddings, heartfelt moments, and timeless inspiration, captured with joyful care.

🎉In just a few short days, you’ll learn how to take your photography skills to the next level by mastering lighting techniques that will truly make your photographs shine. During the workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to: – Learn our favorite tips from years of experience in lighting – Practice lighting techniques in real-world scenarios […]

THE BEST LENSES TO USE!!

Here are our best tips for building THE BEST Wedding day timeline! 1. Discovery calls and touch points throughout and one more call before the wedding 2. Give yourself at least 45 min to photograph details 3. Make sure you add plenty of padding throughout the day for delays 4. Build in first looks as […]

BEST WEDDING DAY TIMELINE

In this quick youtube tutorial you will learn what camera settings to use for different lighting scenarios. Save this as a cheat sheet so you can use it the next time you are out shooting. Here are 6 different lighting scenarios for you to have!! 1. Bright full sun 2. Golden hour before sun goes […]

6 SAMPLE CAMERA SETTINGS FOR DIFFERENT LIGHTING SCENARIOS!!

On to today’s topic!!! 1. Posing Playbook know 2. Be aware of the church or ceremony rules 3. Make sure you know the venue 4. ALWAYS HAVE A Backup!! Dual slots, SD cards/backup cameras!! 5. Make sure you know your camera, 6. Communicate with the bride 7. Know Your timeline 8. Snacks for yourself/water/shoes Let […]

Photographing your FIRST WEDDING?? WE have some tips for you!

🎉FREE Light & Consistency MASTERCLASS HERE: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63d14330de520bd60dc33a42 ✨ Grab our Free Lighting&Consistency Guide: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63d145d5b4f015f30446db03 ❤️ Subscribe to my channel for new videos on growing in your photography skills every Monday morning! Leave any questions down below or anything you would love to see next in our future videos!! Let’s be friends!! *Instagram: www.instagram.com/april.sapp *Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@aprilandjasonphotography […]

Scared of the FLASH?? We have some Tips/Tricks for you today!!

Let’s be honest…being a small business owner can be hard! No one tells you what to do or where to go each day. This can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on your personality type LOL. I love being my own boss and wouldn’t trade it for the world but sometimes I […]

What to do during SLOWWWW SEASONS?

Here is the link below to view it in detail!! We would love to have you join our community of photographers worldwide!! https://aprilsappphotography.com/lights-camera-action-page Grab our Free Lighting&Consistency Guide: Happy MONDAY!!! This week we wanted to share with you one of our recent classes we held just for you!! In this FREE Masterclass we are reviewing […]

Free Masterclass!!

Here are 5 TIPS that have helped our clients get more confident in front of the camera: 🎉FREE Light & Consistency MASTERCLASS HERE: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63d14330de520bd60dc33a42 ✨ Grab our Free Lighting&Consistency Guide: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63d145d5b4f015f30446db03 ❤️ Subscribe to my channel for new videos on growing in your photography skills every Monday morning! Leave any questions down below or anything […]

5 TIPS for Building your Clients CONFIDENCE in front of the Camera!!

ONE PRESTON EVENTS | GUNTER, TEXAS One Preston Events is a beautiful, elegant and clean yet luxurious space for intimate weddings in Gunter, TX. We always love it when we get to photograph weddings there. Lauren and Taylor had us so captivated by their timeless details and elegant decor. From the moment we walked in, everything […]

LAUREN + TAYLORS WEDDING AT ONE PRESTON

Happy MONDAY!!! This week we wanted to share with you one of our recent motivations for switching our cameras to mirrorless!! We tried the R6 and we LOVED the results so we thought we would share!! This is our take on the Canon Mirrorless R6 vs. the Canon 5D Mark 4 DLSR camera and why […]