Weddingbee Blog

I like our engagement pics, LIKE being the key word. Unfortunately, I don’t love them.

It’s been ages since we had them taken (way back in October 2009) and I have had my ups and downs with the outcome. I could sit here and criticize them and tell you what I don’t like and why, but I won’t waste my breath.

I think a lot of my let down came from how I looked in some of the photos. I was in the process of losing some of the extra pounds I had packed on over the past year and a half and I wished I had made more progress by the time of the shoot. There is a happy ending… I was not completely disappointed and do like a select group of them and am pleased with how these few turned out.

Photos by: *Kathryn Turner of Barden Photography

I love how happy we look in these two:

and how cute our faces are in this one:

and I love how this one shows off our goofy side:

… and just a few more:

Overall, I think we received good photos for the price and it was a great experience (learning how to be photographed).

In the end due to scheduling conflicts and personal choices we decided to choose another photographer (the very talented Anna Simonak) for our wedding and hope to have a re-shoot of our engagement pictures with her.

The reasons being:

1. We want to make sure we gain a level of comfort and understanding with our new photographer.
2. We would like to get pictures of us when we feel more comfortable in our own skin (comfort=weight loss)
3. I would like them to be a little more dressy.

I am also excited to have her because like me, she is an IC alum and close to me in age. I think this will only help in our communicating our ideas and how well she can relate to my vision.

Did you love your E-pics? Or did you have your ups and downs?

*note: KT is no longer with Barden Photography, but I have full permissions to post these photos courtesy of Danielle Barden (owner of Barden Photography)*

P.S. you should really check out Danielle’s photos, she is awesome!