An Engagement Shoot for Us

An Engagement Shoot for Us

July 20th, 2010 @ 9:43 am by Mrs. Earrings
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Finally. We chose to go the route of hiring a student photographer to take our engagement photos, and then saved money further by having Mr E do all the post-editing. The shoot actually took place in early March, but because of his hectic student schedule Mr E was only able to finish editing them over our winter break.

(Recognize this pic? It is one of the first engagement pics that got edited and I snuck it into my intro post! )

Part of me wishes we had splurged on a pro, but then the other part of me knows that just wasn’t an option.

There are things I love and things I don’t love about these pics, but in the end, the things I love carry the most weight and overall I am happy we have these pics to mark our engagement period. They were taken on the university campus where I study (it is all gorgeous and woodsy there), and we hope to use them to make a photo guestbook for the wedding.

So here are my favourites, in all their imperfectly perfect glory!

Hmm. Now I’m feeling nostalgic. I think the more I look at them, the less critical I get and the happier I am with how they came out.

Did you have an engagement photo shoot? Did you hire a pro or go the budget way?

*All photos taken by Sophie Hignett, post-processed by Mr E

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28 Responses to “An Engagement Shoot for Us”

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Fire (message) 317 posts, Helper bee

I think your pictures came out GREAT! We had a close friend of ours do our epics and I haven’t seen them yet, but I hope they turn out as good as yours!

7/20/10 @ 9:50 am (reply)

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tynabee (message) 259 posts, Helper bee

Those are really cute! I think they turned out really well!

7/20/10 @ 9:52 am (reply)

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malaika

I LOVE THESE. you can totally feel the love/joy. =)

7/20/10 @ 9:56 am (reply)

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rachelm1083 (message) 241 posts, Helper bee

I think no matter who did them, there would be some you love and some you didn’t. Ours were taken by a professional, and there were some “eh” and some awesome. I think yours look great though! I was the same way, I didn’t like them (of myself) at first, but the more I looked at them, the less critical I got.

7/20/10 @ 9:59 am (reply)

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Miss Husky (message) 1,754 posts, Buzzing bee

Awww, I think those are adorable!

7/20/10 @ 10:05 am (reply)

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Mrs. French Bulldog (message) 7,730 posts, Bee Keeper

You two are so cute and what a great way to save money on your engagement pictures.

7/20/10 @ 10:08 am (reply)

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puzzle (message) 248 posts, Helper bee

That first picture is SO adorable!! I think your pics came out great! You’d never know they were done by a student!

7/20/10 @ 10:15 am (reply)

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dddd89 (message) 491 posts, Helper bee

Mr. E reminds me of Anderson Varejao from the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team lol!

7/20/10 @ 10:21 am (reply)

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Mrs. Hermit Crab (message) 3,566 posts, Sugar bee

These are lovely photos and by the way, you guys are the cutest ever.

7/20/10 @ 10:30 am (reply)

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peachybride (message) 124 posts, Blushing bee

You look so beautiful in these pictures, Miss Earrings! Your eyes are so blue! I love love LOVE the one where Mr. E is holding you up in the creek, and I love the last one, too, but they are all amazing!

7/20/10 @ 10:36 am (reply)

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JenBabe (message) 316 posts, Helper bee

I think they are super cute and I can here your kids 20 years from now… “ha ha Mom and Dad you look so young, and Dad where did all your hair go?”.

7/20/10 @ 10:37 am (reply)

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Miss Locket (message) 2,837 posts, Sugar bee

You guys are so adorable!!! I love them all! We sorta went the budget route and I wasn’t too excited with how they turned out, but I am critical and I know that is why. We had the second shooter of the studio shoot ours and it was a gamble since she was still learning and wasn’t as experienced.

7/20/10 @ 10:43 am (reply)

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sapphirebride (message) 1,750 posts, Buzzing bee

Our photography package for the wedding came with the engagement session which was very nice. She also had no restrictions on time or places so we got a TON of photos.

Your campus looks very pretty!

7/20/10 @ 10:45 am (reply)

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Mrs. Trail Mix (message) 6,329 posts, Bee Keeper

Mr E is a hottie mchottster!! And you’re not too shabby either there

7/20/10 @ 10:50 am (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

These photos are very cute! Mr. E did a great processing job.

7/20/10 @ 10:52 am (reply)

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cr6zy (message) 1,187 posts, Bumble bee

thay look great! we are going for a “professional off the clock” one of my students parents (im a teacher) works for a professional company but i told her i cant afford to go through the company and she said she would come hang out with me and glenn for a few hours one weekend and we could do it all then and she would even put it all on a disk. (and not tell her boss!)

7/20/10 @ 11:05 am (reply)

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