Andrea Van Orsouw Photography

Andrea Van Orsouw Photography New England based documentary photographer available for weddings, engagements, and elopements!

06/15/2026

This backyard microwedding in Grafton, Vermont will never leave my brain

Can you guess what part of the wedding day I was photographing when I took these?Just your ordinary family photos! Cause...
06/12/2026

Can you guess what part of the wedding day I was photographing when I took these?

Just your ordinary family photos!

Cause while the importance of posed family photos doesn’t slip past me, they don’t truly show the true story of the day

Because while everyone’s smiling at the camera formally, there’s an uncle behind me jiggling his keys to make the baby laugh. Or there’s a venue dog who wants in on the photos. Or there’s a groomsmen who forgot to put down his beer and now the whole wedding party is giving him s**t for it

That stuff matters to me too because when those show up in the gallery, you’re not just remembering faces, but recognizing the familiar personalities too

Vendors
Photography: Connecticut Wedding Photographer
Venue: Five Bridge Inn
Coordinator: Sonya M Heroux
Caterer: Emerys Catering
Makeup: HairandMakeupbySengdara
Cake: Leddy’s Bakery

06/12/2026

I PANICKED

I used to have a note on my phone with a list of prompts and poses to use during couples photos. I would whip them out a...
06/10/2026

I used to have a note on my phone with a list of prompts and poses to use during couples photos. I would whip them out at random, which made the flow feel jagged and abrupt instead of natural. I could sense a shift in my clients when I would do this too

Not every prompt worked for every couple either. When I had a more reserved couple, the outgoing prompts fell completely flat. When I had a goofy active couple, having them stare intimately into each other’s eyes made them restless

I was making my couples feel NOT like themselves which is the opposite of everything I’m going for!

I would also forget the list and have to look at my phone mid-session…adding yet another interruption that left my clients standing there thinking “what do I do right now?” I took posing classes. Downloaded cheat sheets from other photographers. Tried to memorize a flow I could run through at every shoot.

It still wasn’t landing the way I wanted.

So I scrapped it.

I started paying attention instead.

Now I never run out of prompts. Every couple is a whole endless dynamic and the inspiration is THEM. The only way to tap into an endless source of inspiration is genuine curiosity in your subject.

I take time talking to couples before we ever shoot. I have them answer a questionnaire on video, not just to get to know them, but to get a real sense of how they interact together. In the first few minutes of every session, I’m taking mental notes. How does this couple feel right now? Nervous? Excited? What quirks do they naturally have? How do they hold each other for comfort?

All of that translates into endless inspiration.

The couple gets back photos that truly feel like them simply because their photographer paid attention

06/10/2026

Shoutout to for doing such an amazing job with the all night rush at this Lighthouse Point Park wedding in Connecticut!!

Maddie & John’s wedding in action at The Pond House at Elizabeth Park in Hartford Connecticut Because regular portraits ...
06/09/2026

Maddie & John’s wedding in action at The Pond House at Elizabeth Park in Hartford Connecticut

Because regular portraits are fun and all buuuuuut I get a little bored and I wanna get whimsical, build energy, and create great vibes with couples

Because my kinda people are the ones who kick off their shoes on the corner of the dance floor, the ones who get excited to find a cool bug in their veil, and who know how to embrace every second

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06/09/2026

Wedding vendors around South Deerfield, Massachusetts!! Planning out a styled wedding shoot at Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory and would love if you were a part of it!

06/01/2026

Wedding photographer of 12 years here. We gotta do less 🤷‍♀️

Maddie & John!!! Their wedding was at Elizabeth Park in Hartford, Connecticut and it was very rainy, chilly, and grey. B...
05/29/2026

Maddie & John!!!

Their wedding was at Elizabeth Park in Hartford, Connecticut and it was very rainy, chilly, and grey. But when you looked at them, you could swear it was 75 degrees and sunny with a nice breeze.

Check out their wedding on the blog! https://andreavanorsouw.com/spring-elizabeth-park-wedding/

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