Weddingbee Blog

Up until this weekend, engagement photos were not on our to-do list. I’ve seen lots of cheesy ones out there and really didn’t see a need for them. However, the wedding blog-stalker that I am got the best of me when I was looking through other people’s pics. Some of the photos that I saw were really amazing and I realized that the only pictures Mr. Nachos and I had together were in bars. Fun, but not terribly professional…

They were not exactly pics you could put in the local paper. Since the weather was so nice, we grabbed our Shermy and hit the beaches of Lake Michigan.

It started out a little awkward staring into each others’ eyes while strangers were walking by and our good friend Sherman was taking pics, but it definitely got a lot more fun as the afternoon went by. When we were satisfied with taking pics on every possible surface of that beach, we headed home, put the pics on the computer and began critiquing. Our Facebook friends have seen the best of the best, and now I’m going to share what not to do (this is absolutely nothing against our amazingly fantastic photographer, it’s completely about what we did wrong as amateur models)…

As much fun as it is, don’t molest your fiance during your photo shoot.

Funny faces. Not so funny. ‘Nuf said.

Try to be cognizant of where the light is so you don’t end up with nose shadows…

…or creepy bird shadows on your arm.

Know your better angles… apparently I’m not the most graceful when skipping rocks.

And when your photographer is joking around and says “give me angry”, don’t actually do it.

This was definitely a learning experience, and when they say it’s a chance to get comfy in front of the camera, they’re not kidding! We had such a blast yesterday and I truly can’t wait to see what Sherman does for us at the wedding.

Did you get a lot of great outtakes during your engagement session? Are you compiling them in any way for display?