We’re Engaged: The Picture Evidence

We’re Engaged: The Picture Evidence

December 9th, 2008 @ 2:10 pm by Mrs. Glitter
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We’ve been engaged for nearly 1.5 years! Stay tuned for a post on our engagement story in the future. A two-year engagement allows for a lot of laziness. Our time line is stretched double or maybe even triple the average engagement. Case in point: it took us a year to have our engagement pictures taken! But at the risk of sounding cliche, it was worth the wait.

We heart our wedding photographer, Toby Morris of Toby Morris Photography. He’s the best-kept secret of Los Angeles photography! He’d probably laugh if he heard me say that because he’s the most humble, down to earth guy. We loved that his personality was so laid back, go with the flow, and chill. Don’t get me wrong - it’s not like he’s going to fall asleep behind the camera. He’s serious about his craft. But he put us at ease and made us feel like we were lounging at home… not having professional pictures taken.

Here’s a selection from our May 2008 shoot at Rustic Canyon Park in the Santa Monica Canyon. (Some of these aren’t edited yet… yep, that’s my lazy bride-ness showing again…)

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We’re usually being goofy like this.

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This was my fav backdrop because it reminded me of a Northeastern barn!

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This picture went on our Save the Dates.

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Practicing for the big day.

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Our little picnic!

We originally had three different locations scouted for our shoot, but then at the last minute, we decided to stay at one location: a local park that held fond memories of tree climbing and tire swinging for me. I wanted a nature-y, outdoors-y feel for these pics because our wedding venue is in the hub of downtown L.A. We’d get enough “urban chic” shots during the wedding. Even though I’m from a huge city, I love and appreciate nature in all its beauty and splendor. How else could I have survived living in small cities like Ithaca, NY and Northampton, MA?! (Cities that I adore, by the way)

Did your engagement photography reflect the style of your wedding or did you opt for a completely different backdrop?

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16 Responses to “We’re Engaged: The Picture Evidence”

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Jeana

Those are so pretty! I love the last pic with the picnic, very sweet!

12/9/08 @ 2:18 pm (reply)

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emrw (message) 34 posts, Newbee

I grew up in Ithaca!! Were you in school there?

12/9/08 @ 2:33 pm (reply)

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historybride

We have a two year engagement too! It feels just right for us (though we’re about 6 months away and feeling just a bit antsy). We weren’t planning on doing engagement pics, but then I remembered that my roommate likes being artsy with photos and we used our college campus (Michigan State) as a backdrop. I love the pictures and we had a lot of fun!

12/9/08 @ 2:35 pm (reply)

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Miss Meatball (message) 624 posts, Busy bee

Cute! Love the location.

12/9/08 @ 2:37 pm (reply)

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Miss Glitter (message) 986 posts, Busy bee

I neglected the proper link to our photographer’s website. If anyone is interested, it is http://www.tobymorris.com/weddings.

@Jeana: Thanks, friend!
@emrw: I went to grad school in Ithaca. Loved it, and became quite the expert at driving in ginormous snow storms
@historybride: Yay for long engagements and artsy friends!
@Miss Meatball: Thanks! Open space in west L.A. is tough to come by.

12/9/08 @ 2:42 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Penguin (message) 3,499 posts, Sugar bee

I liked that you guys were barefoot at your picnic! So cute!

I’ll fix your photog link for you as well!

12/9/08 @ 2:50 pm (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

So pretty! And don’t worry about how long it took to take them, they look great. Our engagement will be 2.5 years when we are married, so you are not alone.

You brought up a really good question about if the engagement pictures and wedding reflect each other. For us, not at all. We are getting married in the Riviera Maya on a beach (perhaps in a cenote) and our engagement pictures will be done in Chicago. Can’t really get more opposite than that.

12/9/08 @ 2:53 pm (reply)

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Miss Jellyfish (message) 1,423 posts, Bumble bee

Lovely photos!

12/9/08 @ 3:03 pm (reply)

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Heather

cornell?

12/9/08 @ 4:07 pm (reply)

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frenchbulldog (message) 7,730 posts, Bee Keeper

Great pics - I especially love the one you use for your Save The Dates
FH and I are thinking of taking our Engagement Pictures in Downtown SD b/c our Wedding venue is a winery - so we’re planning the opposite of what you did

12/9/08 @ 4:51 pm (reply)

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Miss Hot Cocoa (message) 2,077 posts, Buzzing bee

You look beautiful in these photos. Did you edit/post-process all of them? If so, wow!

12/9/08 @ 5:03 pm (reply)

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Miss Taffy (message) 3,104 posts, Sugar bee

Very cute! I love the picnic shot!

12/9/08 @ 5:19 pm (reply)

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PurpleLime

*gasp* Are you a Smithie?!

12/9/08 @ 7:52 pm (reply)

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Miss Glitter (message) 986 posts, Busy bee

Thanks for the kind words, everyone!!
@Mrs. Penguin: Thanks for the fix, Pengy!
@Heather: Yep, grad school!
@AliCherri1: Ooh, it sounds like you are gonna have some beautiful pictures!
@Miss Hot Cocoa: I wish I edited them! I made it sound like I did, didn’t I? Actually, our photographer took hundreds of pics and we got to choose a bundle of as many as we liked. He edited our picks. I was lazy in getting him the bundle of approved pics. Did I mention I’m not uber-type A? hahahhaa
@PurpleLime: I’m absolutely a Smithie!! Are you?

12/9/08 @ 9:28 pm (reply)

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PurpleLime

Yup, Class of ‘06!

12/10/08 @ 9:14 am (reply)

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katie

those are such cute pics! love the matching outfits and the location. it doesn’t hurt that you’re so pretty too! you’re going to make a beautiful bride!

12/10/08 @ 11:20 am (reply)