Engagement photos ask the question “Who are you as a couple?” Are you adventurous or timid? Quiet or rambunctious? Eccentric or conventional? All of these are good questions that can lead to great images.
An engagement photo session should not be something to behurriedly thought of as another thing to check off the wedding to-do list – itis an opportunity for so much more. It is a chance to play; to dance and tolaugh. It is an opportunity to be witheach other and share a quiet moment in the middle of the wedding planningchaos.
Working with your photographer and collaborating on somethingmeaningful and artful can be an incredibly important part of your wedding journey.Work together and decide on a theme, wardrobe, and a location that tells yourstory and the results will be so much more than just another portrait.
Once you lose the shackles of the conventional thought processthat says ‘the engagement portrait is just another thing I have to do’, thecreative possibilities are endless.
Think of a favorite memory or a special park. Imagine the best scene in your favorite movie,or the restaurant where you had your 1st date. What about that secluded mountainlake where he proposed. Fly to your favorite city (most photographers willtravel) or visit the 1st place you met. Don’t forget your pet, shared hobbies, orthat sport you both play and love. All these ideas can take your engagementphotos and elevate them to high art.
This journey is a series of steps all leading to a point in timewhere the past, the present, and future converge in one day. Your engagementportraits can be an exciting and enduring part of this adventure. They can be imagesthat speak to you as a couple, images that transcend time and space (that mayseem ambitious of course – but great images often do).
Imagine 40 years down the road, looking at that one fantasticimage that tells a story of laughter and bliss, or a quiet image that speaks toyour unspoken connection. So be brave, push the envelope and don’t let thisoccasion pass you by without at least asking the question, “Who are you?”
