I encourage all of my brides and grooms to add an engagement session into their pre-wedding itinerary. In addition to being a great way to get ‘save the date’ photos and simply capture an exciting time, it’s also a great opportunity for us to build our relationship as photographer and client. A lot of couples have never taken professional photos together prior to their wedding day and that’s not always the best day to ‘wing it’. Engagement photos allow us to ease into your big day causally and have some fun along the way. You get to know my style of directing and I get to know how you two interact together. We usually laugh and smile (and laugh again) through the session and come out of it with some amazing images that are not only great as stand alone but also got us some ‘practice’ leading up to the big day.
We did just that with Chelsea and Kevin. They totally claimed to be ‘awkward’ in front of the camera so were anxious to get together and see how that translated. Needless to say, we proved them wrong. In addition to being so so so photogenic, they are so sweet together and clearly a perfect match! I love what we captured for them (and this is just the first half of our session) and cannot wait for their wedding in 2017!
