Instructors
Close and Connected: Posing Couples in Tight Spaces
What do you do when the only space you’ve got is a tiny Airbnb, a café corner, or a hotel hallway? You make magic happen! In this hands-on class, Jen will teach you how to pose couples in small, challenging spaces to create images brimming with connection, emotion, and intimacy. Whether you’re working with casual engagement vibes or high-end wedding attire, you’ll learn how to adapt your five go-to poses to any setting—no matter how tight the quarters.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- Five versatile poses that work for every couple, in every scenario.
- How to guide couples to feel natural, connected, and comfortable in close quarters.
- Creative ways to turn limited backdrops into storytelling opportunities.
- Tips for keeping sessions fun, lighthearted, and stress-free—even in tight spaces.
- How to embrace the imperfections of small spaces to craft authentic, love-filled images.
Whether you’re shooting in a hotel lobby, a tradeshow floor, or that café corner with two chairs too many, this class will help you master the art of posing couples in small spaces with big love. Bring your camera, your creativity, and a willingness to laugh—good vibes guaranteed!
Jen started in the photography industry when newspapers still took daily images on film and self-developed in a darkroom. She completed her BFA in Film and Animation from the Rochester Institute of Technology (New York, USA) in 2008 and opened her first photography studio, with her husband Travis, in 2011 (Uncorked Studios). She took the knowledge learned in the photojournalism and movie production to blend these skills to develop and adapt her style to the modern digital age. The results are images driven by an underlying story, motivation, or cinematic lighting to create stunning images that seamlessly blend traditional and contemporary techniques. Adapting to the current client and market landscape, in early 2019 they successfully rebranded their studio to the boutique brand, Fox & Brazen.
As the co-founder and driving force behind Fox & Brazen, Jen has demonstrated a keen business sense and an unwavering commitment to photography education and the importance of delivering solid imagery to clients. Her ability to adapt to the fast-moving and ever-changing photography industry has enabled her to remain at the forefront of her field, while maintaining a deep and abiding connection to the art and craft of photography.
Her storefront studio focuses on couples in love, Santa Experience sessions, and headshots and branding for individuals. Photographing clients across the entire globe, Jen has unearthed a passion for capturing her client's story in her imagery while delivering technical excellence. In 2019, Jen was awarded her Associate Photographer Designation from WPPI/Icon. In 2023, Jen was the winner of SWPP’s Wedding Reportage Photographer of the Year and in 2024 completed her Associate of SWPP. In the first head to head IPC Competition, Jen was the Diamond winner in the Wedding category and recently achieved her Wedding Photography Degree from PPA. Believing education is the key to success, she has always placed the community and photography education at the heart of her business. Jen enjoys empowering women in the photography and wedding industry as well as enthusiastically embracing technical challenges in the field, and behind the computer.
