Engaged and Not Underage - Part 2

Engaged and Not Underage - Part 2

November 10th, 2009 @ 12:45 pm by Mrs. Ramen
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We had our second engagement shoot while we were in San Francisco for Cousin Ramen’s August wedding. Sister Ramen has a natural eye for photography, so we borrowed our uncle’s SLR and took some photos around the Academy of Science and the DeYoung Museum. It was a super cold August day, but we braved the frigid San Franciscan weather and got some amazing shots! Cousin Fishcake and little Cousin mini-BM came along to help direct poses and hold purses/coats. It was actually really fun, even if my freshly-shaved leg hairs ended up growing 2 inches in the cold.

We stopped by the Ferry building beforehand and spontaneously picked up a couple bunches of dahlias from some street vendors and made a little bouquet to use as a prop. This little impromptu bouquet actually came in handy as one of the buttons on my dress popped off (too much good food in SF, I guess!), and I was able to use it to prevent any over-exposure! Either way, I was glad I got to have pictures with some pretty dahlias since we won’t be using them in the wedding.

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My favorite thing about these shots is (IMHO) that they are so perfect WITHOUT any Photoshopping! Props to Sister Ramen!

I had previously mentioned that I wanted to make an e-pic photo book to use as a guestbook for our wedding. I ended up making one book on Blurb and one on MyPublisher (the 2 most popular DIY photo book companies), using our fave shots from each e-session. I really want to make parent photo books of our wedding photos on whichever company I end up liking better; of course, I had to try them both out for myself. The MyPublisher book already arrived at my parents’ house in Phoenix - according to Mr. Ramen and Sister Ramen, it’s really nice! I’m excited to see it, but will have to wait another week ’til I get to head home for Thanksgiving break! I’ll let you guys know how they turn out!

Did you use Blurb or MyPublisher (or any other companies)? How did your photo books turn out?

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20 Responses to “Engaged and Not Underage - Part 2”

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Jessie516 (message) 5,480 posts, Bee Keeper

You two are such a cute couple! One of my coworkers actually just brought in her MyPublisher photo book of her little daughter and it looks great. Really professionally done.

11/10/09 @ 12:47 pm (reply)

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IA_Snowflake (message) 1,913 posts, Buzzing bee

Very cute pictures! We used Shutterfly since I got a free coupon with the purchase of my dress. I thought it came out really nice.

11/10/09 @ 12:50 pm (reply)

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Miss Moonbeam (message) 1,732 posts, Bumble bee

So cute, love the flowers.

11/10/09 @ 12:53 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Peep Toe (message) 1,804 posts, Buzzing bee

Love the SF pics and dahlias- my favorite. We did a blurb book and it turned out awesome, I am now doing wedding books through blurb.

11/10/09 @ 1:04 pm (reply)

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Miss Pretzel (message) 1,899 posts, Buzzing bee

Love the dahlias! I think we’ll use mypublisher through costco but might shop around a little.

11/10/09 @ 1:08 pm (reply)

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Moody (message) 113 posts, Blushing bee

oh my goodness, I work at the Academy of Sciences!! I hope you enjoyed it while you were here. I fully plan on having my e-pics at my work

The pictures are lovely, especially the one of you peeking out of the trees

11/10/09 @ 1:21 pm (reply)

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Miss Pudding (message) 1,183 posts, Bumble bee

So cute! I, too, love the dahlias!

11/10/09 @ 1:21 pm (reply)

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sulaii211 (message) 770 posts, Busy bee

So pretty! Love the dahlias and your dresss! You don’t LOOK cold in the pics!

11/10/09 @ 1:22 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Perfume (message) 2,254 posts, Buzzing bee

These are so sweet! I love that you included a bouquet!

11/10/09 @ 1:45 pm (reply)

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Bridebella (message) 368 posts, Helper bee

We used MyPublisher through Costco and are very happy with the book - we used it for our guestbook and now have a keepsake we love!

11/10/09 @ 2:06 pm (reply)

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realeastcoaster (message) 1,245 posts, Bumble bee

I’m working on a blurb book of our honeymoon pictures right now, so I can’t speak to how it will look when finished…but I find the software easy to use and like making my own layouts.

11/10/09 @ 2:14 pm (reply)

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Miss French Fries (message) 2,218 posts, Buzzing bee

Such cute pictures! I’ve made blurb books before, and they’re really simple to design, and look great!

11/10/09 @ 2:42 pm (reply)

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maisymay (message) 873 posts, Busy bee

I have actually used both and am quite pleased with how the books turned out. For our first dating anniversary I gave my fiance a small photobook from Blurb. We knew we wanted a photobook at the wedding and I couldn’t remember the site I ordered the first one from, so we made a new book on MyPublisher. Both were beautifully done. I felt like I had more freedom with Blurb, but MyPub had a lot to offer as well.

11/10/09 @ 2:43 pm (reply)

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Miss Hamster (message) 4,047 posts, Honey bee

You two are such a cute couple! These pictures came out great! And good to know that the MyPublisher album came out well - I’m planning on using our e-shoot pics for our guestbook as well!

11/10/09 @ 2:52 pm (reply)

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Miss Parfait (message) 1,755 posts, Buzzing bee

Such cute pictures! You look so pretty, Ramen!

11/10/09 @ 3:57 pm (reply)

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mexicoherewecome (message) 2 posts, Wannabee

I haven’t seen an actual photobook from shutterfly.com, but I was playing around with it the other day with my own engagement pictures and it looked pretty cool.

11/10/09 @ 5:18 pm (reply)

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missvintage (message) 571 posts, Busy bee

These are so sweet! You are such a beautiful couple.

11/10/09 @ 7:59 pm (reply)

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KMSull (message) 6,442 posts, Bee Keeper

You are SO pretty! And these pictures are great! Congrats!

11/11/09 @ 1:04 am (reply)

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Mrs. Mouse (message) 5,821 posts, Bee Keeper

Really cute. I love the dress/cardigan combo.

11/11/09 @ 11:32 am (reply)

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BenJerrysBride (message) 168 posts, Blushing bee

You’ll obviously have great books with these lovely photos so I’m curious to see whether you think MyPublisher or Blurb takes the cake… Please let us know which you prefer!

11/17/09 @ 1:54 pm (reply)