Hello again! I hope you are enjoying our blog series on "Planning your wedding day for the best photos possible!!" If you missed any of the posts, or want to read the series from the beginning you can go to the 1st post and there are links in that 1st post to all the posts in the series!
Today we will be talking about why engagement photos are important to the wedding day. Sure they provide you with beautiful photos, photos that may be able to capture a different side to you and your fiancé and your relationship, than can be shown on the wedding day. But there are benefits far greater to the success of your wedding day than just beautiful engagement photos!
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By the time you have decided on and hired your Sacramento wedding photographer, you've probably put a lot and time, energy and research into that important decision. I'm sure you've looked through their online portfolio, possible sample wedding albums, full wedding galleries, and their blog. You hired them because you are confident in the work that they produce. But is there still a nagging question in the back of your mind, "how will I look in their photos??" That is a normal question. Heck when Chris and I have been photographed, buy photographers we love and trust, and WE had the same nagging questions in our heads. It's not until you see firsthand what those photos look like, of YOU that you truly have that question answered. The engagement session gives you that opportunity, before the wedding, day to answer that question.
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The engagement session gives you an opportunity to get more comfortable with your photographer(s) and being in front of the camera. It gives you a chance to see firsthand how they work, what it's like working with them.
It also gives your photographers an opportunity to get to know you better. Not only your personalities, but your comfort in front of the lens, and how you two interact together. Everyone has different angles, expressions, etc. that they photograph best at, and your photographer(s) can have the opportunity to perfect the best way to photograph you and your fiancé so you look your best. :)
This also gives all of you a chance to get to know each other better. Our goal (as I know many other photographers feel the same way) is to get to know our clients personally so that they feel comfortable around us and like we are old friends by the time the wedding day arrives. There is nothing worse (or awkward) than the feeling of a stranger with a camera in your face, on your crazy emotional wedding day.
Another benefit that will translate into your wedding day photography, is you will be relaxed and at ease with your photographer. This comfort and trust will trickle down to those loved ones that will be with you and in your wedding day photos. If your wedding party and family can see and sense your comfort and trust in your photographer, they will feel more at ease and trust your photographer's lead and ideas throughout the day.
So as you can see, the engagement session provides you with far more than just beautiful photos of you and your fiancé prior to your wedding day, and are and important benefit to the overall success of the wedding day photos. Again, thank you for following our blog series thus far! I hope you are enjoying it! As always, if you have any tips you'd like to add, or any questions, please feel free to add them in the comments below.
Be sure to check back for the final installment of our blog series, "Trusting your photographer and having fun!"
