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Did you know that South Americans hate it when people from the US call themselves Americans? They love saying “America’s a continent, not a country, #$(&@!!” I now find myself saying things like, “Hi! I’m United-States-ian!” You learn all sorts of interesting things about your home country when you move abroad.
This isn’t a post about living abroad, though, because Mr. Bear Cub and I are going to have a real American engagement shoot! (in the sense we’re used to thinking!)
In the months leading up to our move, I poked around a bit on the ‘net to see what possibilities lay in actually getting married in Chile. This was really just a fleeting thought (my parents would be pissed if they had to fly down here for our wedding), but it led me to Kyle Hepp, an American girl (United-States-ian 
) who married her Chilean sweetheart in Chile, lives in Santiago, and is now a professional wedding photographer.
In addition to having some pretty hilarious insights into Chilean life on her personal blog, her professional work reminds me of some of her favorite wedding photographers, like Punam Bean and Elizabeth Messina.
In preparation for our engagement shoot, I sent Kyle some examples of other engagement shoots that I liked.
This photo-shoot of Chris and Flora is so sweet! I love how it never has that “staged” feel to it.
Then there’s the biggie in awesomeness for engagement photography - Max Wanger. If you read Cup of Jo (and you should), you’ve probably heard about him - he did their engagement shoot.
Max does a great job of including props in his engagement shoots. The result: quirky and fun! My kinda love!
Warning: you’re about to witness a lot of awesome engagement photos! (All of the following photos are credited to Max Wanger.)
When I showed Kyle the photos from Max, she got really excited! She said this kind of photo shoot is the most fun! While props (like big hats, chairs, scarves, goofy sunglasses, balloons, bubble blowers) might seem a little circus-like in real life, the effect in photos can come out looking really cool.
Now I’ve got to find some awesome props to include for our engagement shoot! I’m so excited!
What kind of props would you include in a quirky and fun engagement shoot like this? Did you send your photographer example photos that you liked for inspiration? What are your favorite engagement photos?
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We used signs as props. I think its so intersting to see the creative engagement shoots different photographers come up with.
We focused more on locations than props, but I’m hoping the shots we did use props in came out great because I really liked the signd we used!
FI is a mechanic and loves cars, so is it a surprise that we have matching mini remote control cars?? We’re going to use them as props in our shoot, and we’re also going to have our dog in at least a couple of pics cuz she is our child. I can’t wait!!
you have some great inspiration! Love Max Wanger..and I’ve been following Chris + Flora! They’re so cute!
I LOVE your inspiration, makes me want to take engagement photos all over again with a giant balloon! We used an umbrella ad some fall leaves as props.
The problem with the SA hate of us calling ourselves “Americans” is that if you refer to yourself as “from the States” to a European, they look at you like you’re nuts and say “So, you’re an American.” Eh, you can’t win.
Can I just say that I HATED being told that I could not call myself American in Mexico. I get the point (I strongly disagree, but I get it), BUT especially the case in Mexico, the official name is Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos…They don’t call themselves “united statesmen” (not to mention I sucked at saying the word in Spanish); they call themselves Mexicans. I’m from the United States of America, so why can’t I call myself American? I guess a matter of semantics but I’ve gotten in many arguments over the topic.
On the REAL subject at-hand, those pictures are awesome, especially with the props. My prop was a random dog that was on the farm. It was kind of cool, though, because it was a beagle, like the one I had as a kid and recently lost. It was like his dog spirit was right there, so cute…
we’re doing wedding portraits with backpacks, tin can telephones, maps, lonelyplanets as a nod to our love for travel (we met while traveling) and our travel themed wedding 
can’t wait!
our puppies! murphey-german shepard/grey hound and penny our chihuahua puppy!
they are just so darn cute!
That’s actually kind of stupid about the “american” thing North American is the continent.. you’d never hear a Canadian saying “I’m an American” so I don’t get what the big deal is?
Those pictures are so fun! I’m getting pictures done in a month and they are awesome inspiration!
Such a fun idea. Never though of including props…now I might have to think about it!
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Mrs. Cub, Chile/Portland
Age and Occupation: 26, Astronomer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Astronomer
Engagement Date: May 10, 2008
Wedding Date: September 2009
Venue: Westwind YWCA camp
About Me: I'm a small-town girl who's making a living in Chile, with her heart in the Pacific Northwest. I grew up in Southern California, went to high school in Texas, grad school in New Mexico, and now I can't wait to settle down in Oregon! I love pears, hazelnuts,
knitting, traveling, running, baking, and long talks on the phone with
good friends. I'm planning my Oregon coast summer camp wedding while
abroad with my best friend - I'm always at home when I'm with him!
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