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I'd never heard of these before getting engaged and I definitely don't think they're required. I think you can use a regular photo of you two for save-the-dates (that's what we did) or just do a card with a pattern that matches your invites (often they're included in invite sets.
We werent going to do them because fi is a pain when it comes to smiling. But we decided to do it to test drive our photog and make sure we worked well together, and to hopefully help us loosen up for pictures on the real day.
Our save the dates are photobooth style which worked well for our goofy selves.
we didn't want to do them, and i spent a lot of time making fun of my sister when she did. lol. however, our photographer includes them in his packages, and i feel like it might be good anyways, since both FI and i are not very comfortable in front of a camera! we're considering it practice and might not do anything at all with the photos!
As far as I'm aware it isn't really a tradition over here to do them, one less thing to worry about booking :)
We splurged on our photographer and booked the photographer that a girlfriend of mine who appeared on Platinum Weddings used. We really think that photography is one of the most important aspects of the wedding (since it lasts forever), but we didn't see the need to spend an extra $4K on engagement photos. I mean really, what is the point? You are going to have the wedding pictures forever. We have our own digital camera that we used after we got engaged and celebrated with friends. I think the whole engagement shoot is just odd to me. I don't understand what the point of it is since you will be getting professional pictures taken at the wedding. It just seemed like a waste of money that I could spend elsewhere.
We didn't do them because we couldn't justify the cost. We didn't really know what we would use them for, as we weren't sending STDs or anything. In looking back, I kinda wish we had done it, just so we had some cute photos of us AND for the practice having our picture taken. It would have helped us prepare for the wedding day pics I think.
we did them - and we plan on using them for the newspaper announcements and possibly for save the dates if we do them. They are also for use on our wedding website and to send to family as well. ours were free though from one of our friends who is taking a photography class and wanted some practice :)
We're not doing them because 1) I hate being photographed; 2) it's just not possible because of the distance.
We are doing them for 3 reasons:
1) J and I are both incredibly camera shy, and I am terrified that our wedding photos will all be fake smiles, so we want to spend time with a photographer BEFORE the wedding to hopefully get us a little more used to that feeling and loosened up a bit.
2) I just really want some good pictures of us, because right now? Almost none.
3) We want to test-run our wedding photog to see if we like working with him/her, how the photos of us come out, etc. That way if we are unpleasantly surprised, we don't have to end up using him/her for the wedding.
ETA: #3 is actually really important to us, because we're on a limited budget and therefore looking for a photog with less experience, so we're honestly a tad nervous. :)
Originally, I didn't want to do them. But a lot of FI's family has never met me, and some haven't seen FI since he was a kid. And it's vice versa here as well. So I figured I'd use one with the x-mas cards and one for the invites. Our photog was a co-worker of mine so it was only 40 bucks for about 2 hours.
I'm sort of in an 'other' category here! My fiance is friends with a photographer and his wife. They added another photographer to their business, so we did a free session with her about a year before getting engaged to build her portfolio (sort of a free trade-off, our time and modelling for their images!). We had a great time and we don't really feel like we need to pay for more 'real' engagement pictures. I know a lot of people like them though because it gives them a feel of how to take direction, how to smile for pictures etc. It's a fun experience!
We are not doing them unless they come included in our photo package... I don't see the need.
Our STD's won't have a photo, which I don't think is that uncommon.
We're doing them, but I definitely don't think it's necessary! STD's don't have to have a photo - I've seen plenty that don't!
Nah. An unecessary expense. If we want e-pics, we'll probably do something like my sister did and just hand a personal camera over to the sisters. We're used to doing impromptu photoshoots together. :)
There wasn't really a choice to fit my situation. We wanted to do e-pics closer to the actual wedding. But since FI surprised me with the wedding =) ...we are going to have some made while we are in Jamaica...a couple of days before the wedding...weird right? It's not what I would have selected but I am going with the flow on this one....
No...by the time in Canada we will already have been married 3 times in Korea....and we are already spending money on two different photographers.
We only did them because they came free with our photo package. I was excited because I wanted to put them on the save the dates, but my Fiance thought they were goofy...
i am not going to do it. BUT, i told my fiancee, and he loves the idea btw, that we'll take get a professional photo session each year around our anniversary :)
it's not that i don't have the money for them, but i just don't want to spend the money that i do have on them. we didn't really see the need for them. we did a photo guest book, and instead of using engagement photos we used pictures of us throughout our whole dating life. it turned out really cute, and now i have all of our pictures in an album instead of just on the computer.
We had an engagement session included in our package, but we switched it to a "morning-after" shoot, and it was a great decision. I haven't seen the photos yet, but it was so nice to put our wedding clothes back on and get some great, relaxed shots together, in different surroundings than the church and reception location (we did the beach and my grandmother's garden).
If it's not a money issue, you might want to think about getting them, like some PP have said, just to help get you more comfortable in front of the camera, and with your photographer.
FI doesn't want to... I sort of want to, but am not buggered if we don't do them... so we probably won't do them to save money.
We werent going to but ... we have been getting our pictures made since we got together like everyother year (i love pictures) so we might get them done or just have like my sister do them in my parents back yard or something...
we didn't get them done professionally, and for our STDs i did an animated version of us on magnets, but for announcements we took our digital cam, a tripod and took a few on our own =D
We are probably skipping the engagement photos, especially considering that we're already deep in the planning stuff and FI isn't a fan of having his picture taken. I don't see the point, really.
I love looking at them, but I just feel kind of silly posing for them. We may have my FSIL take some as she is building up her portfolio, but as my mom said, as soon as we get our wedding pictures, those are going to be what we look at all the time.
We did them, but only because his cousin (who is a photographer) offered to do them for free as our engagement gift. If we had to pay for them, we wouldn't have had them at all.
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I am having a hard time thinking about engagement pics...Teddy and I are pretty goofy and I think we would just feel very akward doing those types of pics...did anyone not do them and have any fun alternatives for like a save the date?