# Epic & Forever Photo Story Interview

Use this when James is giving voice notes for individual shoots. Keep each shoot separate, even when the same person appears in multiple shoots.

## Fast Answer Template

For each shoot:

- Shoot name:
- Date:
- Category: Portraits / Weddings / Commercial / Documentary & Travel / Prints
- Location:
- People shown, first names only:
- What was the feeling of the shoot?
- What should the intro paragraph say before the images?
- Outfit or location breaks:
- Favourite image numbers:
- Cover candidate image numbers:
- Images to hide:
- Anything public-sensitive:
- Credit or copyright notes:
- Related shoots to link at the bottom:

## Photo Selection Rules

- Portrait covers need face, posture, presence, clean eyes, intentional crop and no half-blinks.
- Wedding covers need dress, suit, emotion, couple, or immediate wedding context before prep/logistics frames.
- Commercial covers need human clarity and brand usefulness, not behind-the-scenes setup unless the story is explicitly about process.
- Documentary / travel covers need place, ritual, atmosphere, or print potential.
- Story pages should be sorted by time, outfit, or location so a shoot feels like a real sequence instead of a shuffled export.
- Sensual or boudoir-adjacent work stays under Portraits as a tag/mood, not a main navigation category.

## Apple Notes Search Terms

Search Apple Notes for old wording, captions, shoot reflections, testimonials, or pricing language using:

- Epic and Forever
- Epic & Forever
- Brett Alton Photography
- James Alton Visuals
- Raw Empowerment
- empowerment session
- portrait session
- boudoir
- sensual portrait
- intimate portrait
- wedding photography
- Okanagan wedding
- Kelowna portrait
- Bertram
- Paul's Tomb
- Pillow Talk Studios
- Float Space
- Morgan
- Mo
- Muddy
- Mogina
- Angela
- Angelica
- Sunny
- Sophia
- Diana
- Rebekah
- Lannah
- Lana
- Kennedy
- Destiny
- Julia
- Maddi
- Shaylin
- Hannah K
- Jenna
- Macie
- Chloe
- Katya
- Melanie
- Emily
- Megan geese
- Canadian geese
- Laminart
- aluminum print
- print pricing

## Writing Voice Direction

Keep the writing casual, human and present. James often writes from the emotional reason the shoot mattered, not just what happened technically. The intro should set the stage before people scroll: who the person is to the work, what the day felt like, what changed between outfits or locations, and why the images still matter.

Avoid perfume-ad vagueness. Avoid over-selling. Let it sound like a real person with a point of view.