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I think it did help us to feel more comfortable cuddling and being intimate in front of a photographer. I'm not sure if someone else taking the pictures would help with that because it would be a completely different person. It's really nice to know the person beforehand because then when it comes to the wedding you can be yourselves and not think about the photographer being there.
Yes. Yes. Yes. My DH did not want to do e-pics. He thought they would be corny and feels awkward about pictures sometimes. I pushed it (knowing that it would make him more comfortable on wedding day). We took the epics a week (yep, a WEEK) before the wedding...and immediately went to the studio and picked our pics that day. DH was very surprised at how great the pics came out, how painless it was, and how even the "corny" poses looked great, and not corny in the actual pictures. The entire experience made him more relaxed and comfortable on wedding day and allowed our photographer to know how we interacted and what our preferences would be!
We did an egagement shoot with our photographer. After that experience, we fired her. I'm glad we learned soon enough about her so it didn't ruin our wedding experience. I also did a boudior shoot with a different photographer and after that experience totally wanted her for the wedding and it worked out great.
we love doing engagement photos we actually did two sessions one with our wedding photog and one without... it was great it made us more confident in our wedding photog and we have some great couple pictures that we can use for a long time. ^_^
I haven't gotten married yet, but the engagement session with our photog made us feel totally comfortable and 100% confident in his abilities! Come the wedding day, I know we're going to be totally relaxed, and I'm actually looking forward to seeing him again since we kind of built a "relationship". Another benefit is that he knows us, what works well with us, and what doesn't, so all around I think it's very beneficial!
A friend of ours who does photography on the side took our e-pics and it was so much fun!!! They came out really great too and it's just nice to have a bunch of good pics of both of us. I would recommend it for that reason alone! The only thing about having our friend do our pics is that we didn't work with our actual photographer, but I still think it helped us both get more comfortable posing and stuff :)
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I'm debating on whether or not to do an engagement session w/ our photographer.
I have a friend who does portraits that we plan to do a couple sessions with. I figure this will get us used to being in front of the camera, etc.
What I can't decide is if time with our photog will help us on the wedding day.
In speaking with the photog, she said she likes to take engagement pics because it helps her get to know the couple better. I'd think in doing so, it would help the overall product of the wedding pictures - but I just don't know.
Any thoughts/experience?
Did you do an engagement shoot and did you think it helped come the wedding day?
I really don't want the extra pictures (since we are doing the other shoot(s)), but if it will add something to the wedding day experience, I'd consider spending the $$.
EDIT: We are taking engagement pictures - just not with our wedding photog. I'm wondering if there's some added benefit to take them with our wedding photog.