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We turned ours into a photo guestbook for the wedding, so I can keep an album and we don't have to go the traditional guestbook route - I would never look at a regular one!
But we didn't pay a professional. My college roomie was into photography, so she did ours for free. I wasn't going to do bridal portraits though, for the same reasons you mentioned, except that I won a contest my photographer was doing, so I got those for free too! Score! :)
We're only doing them because they're included in our photography package and we were both very opposed to doing them beforehand. For our photographers, the benefit is getting us comfortable with them and the camera before the wedding . . . And, I guess it'll be cool to have nice pictures of us in our normal style clothing, just being ourselves and silly.
Didn't get them & don't regret it. We've been together for 12 years now, so we have TONS of pics with us in regular clothes, doing silly stuff, or looking dreamily into each others eyes (okay maybe not tons of the latter, but we have a few). However, I do see that many couples use them in their STDs, on their website, thank yous etc., so I'm sure you'll find something to use them in.
We used some for our website and put some out at the wedding. I was glad we get them because it gave us a chance to hang out with our photographers before the wedding. We had a great time and the photos came out really well, so it gave me a lot of confidence in them for the wedding.
We got it as part of our photog's package. It's a good way to get to know your photographer and get used to having a big ole lens in your face. We don't really have any pictures of ourselves as a couple so it's nice just to have pictures.
We got them because since my fiance is usually the photographer - we don't have many pictures together - it was included in our photography package as well. Honestly though, it was a GREAT learning experience for when we do wedding photos.
We learned:
There's places to use them if you want them. For us, they were included in our package, and if nothing else I thought they were a good way to "audition" our photographer, and just get comfortable posing for pictures since neither of us are usually big fans.
- they may be included in the photogs package
-they help you (as a couple) get comfortable with the photog, sort of like a dress rehersal
-can be used in sign-in guest books, as thank you notes, for STD, just for fun
we are going to have a session for all of the above reasons.
We used ours for our Save the Dates, our wedding website, our newspaper announcement, and we made them into a guestbook. It was also really good practice for have professional photos taken. I wasted a lot of the early shots by giggling too much and I'm glad I got that out of my system. Oh and we have a couple of them in frames around our house now. They make me happy. :) And it was a really fun experience for us to get them taken. We both had a blast at the shoot.
another waste of money. Sure you guys look good but not needed. you can send them with save the dates, another waste and you can post them on the wall at your venue somewhere? lol
It's definitely personal preference.
For us, they're not a waste of money at all! We don't have many pictures of us together since high school (crazy!) and the ones we do are at weddings, etc, and not the greatest. I would hate to have our 20s slip by with nothing but wedding pictures.
Plus, lots of people use engagement pictures for save the dates or thank you cards. But they're definitely not necessary.
I agree with lilyfaith. I didn't think they were a waste at all. Even if we hadn't used them for anything wedding-related, I would have been happy to have taken them. But if you don't want to do them, don't let anyone tell you that they're necessary! Because they're definitely not.
Ours were included with our photo package. I thought about asking to have a killer Trash the Dress rather than E-Pics, but didn't We took ours about a week and a half ago and are waiting on the proofs. Ours are going to be for our enjoyment and for our guestbook. FI and I are not huge picture people, so we dont have that many photos fo teh 2 of us.
We're using ours for newspaper announcements and invitations. It was also really helpful to be able to get comfortable around our photographer. They didn't feel like a waste of money to me because with the amount I spent on the photos and supplies, I'll still spend less on invites than anyone else I know.
My photographer is a friend so we did them just for the heck of it. We were planing on using one for the invite but the timing was bad. We will use a few of them on the wedding website and probably have one framed on the guest book table. Since most of our pictures consist of shots taken of us by one of us holding out arm out -- it was nice to have a decent picture before the wedding pics.
I think it is a personal preference. We haven't done them because we have no use for them. Neither our STDs or invitation have pictures on them. I also don't plan on putting a newspaper announcement. And we're getting married in Mexico so they obviously aren't part of our photo package.
ours were complimentary in addition to our wedding package.
we didn't use them for STD's... we used them on our website.. we'll prolly have some printed and framed for decor around the house.
moreso than anything it allowed us time to get acquainted and comfortable with our photogs... can't wait!
I think they're fine if you want them and can afford them. I know lots of people seem to use them in the their wedding invitations and so on. We didn't bother, but we were only engaged for five months and didn't even book a photographer until a few weeks before the wedding. It just wasn't a priority for us.
I think I'm going to try to talk my FI out of them. He loves taking pictures and there are lots and lots of pictures of the two of us already.
Like many of the PPs have said, we got e-pics because they are included in our photog's wedding packages. We will be using them for a photo guestbook at the wedding and I'm ordering a few prints for family and for us to put in small frames around the house/at work.
The other main reason we did them was because, honestly, we tend to look like total dweebs in front of the camera. We figured that if we were going to pay thousands of dollars for wedding photos, we might as well have a rehearsal. It really made us more comfortable working with a photographer and got us used to her style. Even The Guy really enjoyed it - it made us both feel a lot better about doing photos on the day of the wedding.
I was skeptical too, but now I highly recommend it!
I'm SOOOO glad we did them. For one, they let you get comfortable in front of the camera and with your photographer. Smooching on camera is a weird thing, but it was fine by the end of the session.
We also didn't have a ton of pictures together, so we like having nice ones to frame. We took them on campus at our alma mater, where we met, so the location was also special.
We made a photobook to use as a guestbook and we have several framed/hung in our house. I love love love them.
Ours were free with our package, so we did'nt want to turn down an opportunity to get some great pics. We used them everywhere, in the STD, on the website, in the wedding scrapbook, at the bridal shower, the slideshow, thank you cards, etc. Many brides dont think they are necessary, so you arn't alone. But it might be a good idea to ask your FI what he wants them for, which will help you guys make a decision. Here is a pic of our STD, I wanted it to look like the cover of a local wedding magazine:
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wow, i was just thinking about our e-photo session!! we are taking our pictures next Thursday and I am nervous about it. I think the point of it is to get comfortable with your photographer (you dont want awkward pics come wedding day, esp since most people werent born with a camera in their face!!)
although i am nervous about it (read woke up in a sweat the other morning thinking about it) I think it will be lots of fun, and we will get some super cool pics to hopefully use on our Thank you notes.
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Ok, this may sound cynical or unromantic, but what exactly is the purpose of engagement pictures? I mean, we're going to be engaged for about a year, it doesn't seem like a special moment that needs to be captured by a professional photographer.
My FI has mentioned getting them, but, as you can guess, I don't really want to. I guess I don't really see what the point is.
But I know a lot of brides on this board who get them and they do look really nice so I think there's something I'm missing here. Those of you who got them, what did you use them for? Were you glad you got them? Anyone not get them and regret it?