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If you have had your engagement photos and have any tips and suggestions please let me know.  Are there certain colors that might look good on anybody?  Colors to avoid in front of the camera?  Anything else?

Thanks KateMW

We're about to take our engagement photos, too.  Advice from our photographer:

 1) Wear solid colors. You want the attention on you and your spouse....not what you're wearing.

2) No t-shirts with sayings on them. Too distracting.

3) Plan your change of clothes ahead of time.  Have a list if it helps.  That'll make the photo session go smoothly.

4) If wearing glasses, be mindful of glare. Wear contacts if you can.

Have fun and congratulations!

Who did you end up going with as a photographer?  I hope the weather stays nice like this in Denver for your shoot!

we just took our pics with weddingbee pro, amelia lyon and I think while you want to be in clothes you are comfortable in, don't be afraid to go a little fancy than your day to day wear... i think a cute dress and a cute top? i agree with avoiding patterns and my fiance and i had one black, white, grayish fancy outfit set and another colorful, more casual one. It is probably also important to think about your fiance's outfits ahead of time so that you two can give yourselves time to coordinate. I had been thinking about mine and not trying to coordinate with him, which was my biggest regret the night before our shoot! lol. but you can check it out for yourself and see what you think, she just blogged us. :) http://www.amelialyon.net/ oh! and accessorize! I think those details make photos so fun!

Hi KateMW - thanks! yes, we are the first couple on the blog right now... you are so sweet!! :) The dress is actually a BCBG dress that I bought nearly a year ago and saved for the e-pics! I bought it for 40% off!! If you are in the LA/OC area and my size - I am totally open to anyone borrowing it! seriously, I have received a lot of compliments on the dress (cuz i have worn it twice more after the pics) and I don't think you can find it anywhere now. cuz like a month after I purchased it, I saw Lindsay Lohan wearing the same thing in a black and white version and I think it just sold out everywhere after that... You can PM me. ;)

Thanks girls!

Pancy I do agree your pics are fab and I love your dress too! where did you get your cute red top too?  I hope mine turn out just as great. Oh and I love your FI hat, great touch! 

Yay for Denver e-pics! We are getting ours with our photographer on Sunday. We had already done a session with our landlord/photographer and I wasn't the biggest fan of the colors we wore (he wore read, I wore like a royal blue). I wanted to use the pics as stamps for our invites, so the colors totally threw off the color scheme. So now, it's try #2.

I think I'm going to wear this dress, and my FI is going to wear like a ivory dress shirt with small pinstripes. Do you think it has too much pattern? I want something flowy and either a light green or a light yellow. Should I wear jeans instead? 

PS- sorry for the hijacking!

thanks, dereksbride2b! The top is marc jacobs and was purchased about a month ago from macys. i am sure your photos will be fabiulous! Just forget that the camera is there and think about how happy you are to be dereksbride2b and remind yourself of all the ways you love him and he loves you and it will naturally come forth in the pics! ;)

plus, being silly helps with the natural/laughing pics. amelia would tell us to put our heads closer together and we were breathing right in each other's faces and he whispered that he loved me and i whispered back, "did you eat poo poo today?" and that is how we have that close up pic of us busting up laughing. lol.

good luck!!