Why You Should Take Engagement Photos Before Your Wedding

Once you’ve picked a date, a wedding photographer, and your venue, it’s time to celebrate. Those are some of the toughest decisions in wedding planning and you can cross them off your list—woo-hoo!! It’s time for the fun stuff, like taking engagement photos. Engagement photos are a great idea before your wedding allowing you to get comfortable in front of the camera and with your photographer. This can help you feel more relaxed and natural on your big day!

Taking engagement photos also allows you to capture this special time in your relationship. It’s a chance to showcase your love and excitement as you prepare to tie the knot. These photos can be used for save-the-date, invitations, and even displayed at your wedding or in your home. They serve as a beautiful reminder of the love you share and the journey you are embarking on together.

It’ll Help You Get More Comfortable in Front of the Camera

I love engagement sessions for SO many reasons. It gives us a chance to get to know each other face-to-face. It allows you to get comfortable with my directing and posing style, and just comfortable in front of a camera in general, before your wedding day (which seriously is SOO important!!). This also gives me a chance to get to know more about you, to learn more about your relationship, and your wedding day dreams and to just see how you interact together.  Every single couple I photograph is different, and at the end of the day, I want the photos to reflect the two of you as a couple, so taking the time to get to know each other during a session is a perfect chance to do that before the wedding day! 

These sessions are also a great way for you to get to know your photographer better

And of course, the best part about engagement sessions is that we can do them anywhere, at any time, and reschedule if there is bad weather.  Unlike your wedding day, where you must be at a certain location at a certain time, your engagement session options are endless.  My engagement offerings begin with hour-long sessions and could go all the way up to full-day sessions. This is the time we can 100% shoot the whole hour of golden hour and right on into blue hour, taking our time to wait for the sunset to be perfect. We get to reschedule if there is rain, allowing us to make sure we can get to all the spots on your list. So basically, with your engagement session, you can be sure to have great weather, posing practice, get to know me as your photographer, and allow me to get to know the two of you. As a bonus,  we get to hit some of your favorite or romantic or just cool locations that maybe don’t match the vibe of your wedding or just are too far away from your wedding venue.

Your engagement is such an important milestone as a couple, but it won’t last forever! Use your engagement session as a moment to truly enjoy this exciting season and reflect on your journey together — how far you’ve come, and everything the future has in store. Incorporate things that are meaningful to you two into your session, like the location where you had your first date or your favorite bottle of wine.

So, don’t skip the engagement photos. They are a valuable part of your wedding journey and a way to capture the joy and anticipation of this special time in your life.