Engagement photos are one of the most fun events leading up to your wedding! I was particularly excited because my fiancé and I don't have any professional photos together, and this will be our first foray behind the expert lens. I think engagement photos say a lot about you as a couple! Are you a nature-loving couple or city-dwellers? Would you rather spend a Saturday in jeans, curled up under an oak tree with your trusty Labrador or get dressed to the nines and hit up the new piano bar in town? There are so many opportunities to get creative and express yourselves that I think I almost prefer looking at my friends' engagement photos than their wedding album - not that I don't enjoy catching a candid photo the photographer took of me desperately attempting to line dance and failing miserably. Here are a few tips to help make the best of your engagement photos:
- Consider the setting when picking your outfits. Black might be slimming and look great, but it won't do you the justice you deserve if you're posing among a garden of bright flowers. Think seasonally appropriate!
- Comfort is key. If you feel like a particular outfit requires you to suck in your stomach and contort your poses, rethink that option. You don't want to be constantly readjusting your clothes because the look of discomfort will be obvious even with the most beautiful of smiles!
- Play off your surroundings. Are you doing your photo shoot at the beach? Ditch those stilettos for a pair of flip flops! You don't have to go for a full-on costumed theme, just remember to keep an air of being natural in your surroundings and you'll really shine!
- Dress on the same scale. This sounds obvious, but I've seen it happen! Even if it's something you would normally wear, dressing in a cocktail dress while your fiancé is in jeans and cowboy boots comes across as non-cohesive.
- Consider using a sentimental location. Did you and your fiancé have your first date at a café down the street? Let your photographer know, and they most likely will be more than willing to accommodate a change of setting!
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