Celebrate Your Engagement

      Certainly hiring a photographer to capture your wedding day is of the utmost importance, but you should also celebrate your engagement with photographs that reflect who you really are.  Engagement photographs can be used in so many ways above and beyond just the simple announcement in the newspaper. It also gives you a an opportunity to connect with  

your photographer and 

make sure you are a good fit for the wedding day itself. You will undoubtedly spend more time 

with your photographer on your wedding day than any other wedding professional, so I can'tstress enough that you know what you are getting yourself into. A photographer should be able to not only create amazing photographs, but they should also be able to make you feel comfortable and at home in front of the camera.With that said, here are some fun ways you can approach having some special photographs made that are meaningful. Often, I like to learn a little about each couple. What do they do in their spare time? Where do they go on dates together? How can we wrap the session around their personalities and their relationship? What we have learned is that every couple has something special that has meaning to them. One couple may have grown up on a family farm, while another may have met in New York City, still another may have a beach home that has special meaning. Maybe they go to a special cafe for dinner, or the park, or ice skating.. You get 

the point...

Planning a special dinner date is also another great opportunity. Get dress up and plan a special celebration night out. Have your photographer join you for an hour beforehand in that neighborhood for portraits. Rain or shine, if it means something, it makes sense.

Today, photographers are also creating all sorts of interestingproducts and ways in which you can use the photographs for on the wedding day itself. Photographic guest books are a very hot item at our studio. Signature portraits where an image is displayed on an easel and guests sign the mat is another interesting idea.. Or plan for a one of a kind work of art to be created for your home printed on canvas in a huge size such as a 40x60 inch print. Engagement portraits also make incredible gifts for parents, grandparents, and siblings as well. It is a great way to thank them for their support.
The ideas and options are endless, and without question, you should plan to record the meaning of this time in your life with professional

 photographs. After all, these are your memories and your most prized possession. You will look back and be so glad you did. You never regret doing it right!