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    kitchen0nfire    March 10, 2012  

    How long did your engagement shoot last? When did you start getting tired of smiling?

     
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    hermitcrab    June 2010   NYC

    I think we spent about 2 hours, although much of that time was walking to new locations.  We actually might have been able to spend more time but I was really sick that day and just couldn't take another minute!

     
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    MapleBecky    July 9, 2011   Canada

    Ours was about 2 hours, but with a friend and she was experimenting with a lot of different locations.   We're getting it done with our wedding photographer in a few weeks, and we'll be an hour.

     
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    gundy21    April 16, 2011   Milwaukee, WI

    Ours was about an hour.  It was outside, 34 degrees.  An hour was about all we could take and we got plenty of great shots.

     
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    ktisthatbees    May 1, 2011   Atlanta GA/Charleston SC

    Ours was almost 4 hours :) but a good chunk of that time was spent changing locations, outfits, setting up the scene, things like that. We invested a lot of time in ours, but that doesn't mean all sessions need to take that long. A good average time would be around 2 hours

     
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    Denali    August 26, 2011   Seattle, WA

    Ours was an hour! Short and sweet.

     
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    PitBulLover    August 21, 2010  

    Ours was 2 hours - I think it was plenty of time but if you want to go to different locations you might need longer.

     
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    sparrowly    November 12, 2011   Miami

    I haven't scheduled my engagment shoot yet, but my photographer does a full day with multiple locations.

     
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    jo.lee    September 10, 2011   Indianapolis

    Ours was about an hour and a half. I didn't get sick of smiling at the shoot, but as soon as we were in the car, I felt like melting into the seat. We got cupcakes, though, and that helped!

     
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    scissors    June 19, 2010   Atlanta, Ga

    Around two hours is pretty standard. :) 

     
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    deathbydesign    February 18, 2012   Lives in Ontario, married in Quebec

    Our engagement shoot was about 2 hours and fifteen minutes. I never got tired of smiling! I actually had a lot of fun! We went to a few different locations in that time, too.

     
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    elliestan    October 15, 2011   OK | TX

    almost 5 hours lol. but like ktisthatbees said, 2 is a good amount of time. we spent a lot of time in traffic and we took our time at the different locations. I never got tired of smiling though, it was a very natural experience actually! we were just cutesy with each other while someone took pictures

     

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