Engagement Photos - Round 1 - Romantic/Serious

Engagement Photos - Round 1 - Romantic/Serious

October 15th, 2010 @ 10:12 am by Mrs. Meerkat
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Originally I wanted to get our photos done in Chicago, but 12 hours in a car with two spoiled shih-tzus (which would probably cause a grumpy Mr. Meerkat) didn’t seem like that great of an idea. Mr. Meerkat wanted to have our photos done at an orchard that he spent a lot of his time at during his childhood. So, as usual, we came to a compromise. I would ask Sister-In-Law Meerkat to shoot an e-pics session at the orchard as long Mr. Meerkat agreed to do a second photo shoot in downtown Kalamazoo and at Easley Mill. We didn’t want to inconvenience Sister-In-Law Meerkat for two sessions (even though she is a sweetheart and would have done it) so we hired Stephanie Karen Photography to do the ones in Kalamazoo.

I LOVE our pictures. This tomboy is far from supermodel pretty so Stephanie really had her work cut out for her but she did a great job. I am so glad that we did these. It really helped us to get some practice being comfortable in front of the camera.

Stephanie Karen Photography

As a side note for anyone currently getting ready to book a photographer: look closely at what your contract says about posting your pictures on social media (blogs, Facebook, etc). Our contract stated that we needed to have the photographer’s permission, the photos needed to be watermarked, and we needed to link back to her website. After I was accepted to be Miss Meerkat I contacted Stephanie to let her know that I would like to post our engagement photos on Weddingbee. She sent me over a few of her favorites watermarked and I emailed back asking to have a couple other which she sent over. While everything worked out for us, I would have been REALLY bummed if we had been denied permission to post these.

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34 Responses to “Engagement Photos - Round 1 - Romantic/Serious”

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mightywombat (message) 3,311 posts, Sugar bee

Those are FANTASTIC!!!! I love them. Makes me wish we were having engagement pics taken!

10/15/10 @ 10:23 am (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@mightywombat: You should totally do them. Even Mr. M. said that he was happy we did cause it helped him to get rid of some of his camera shyness.

10/15/10 @ 10:24 am (reply)

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Miss Brooch (message) 1,721 posts, Bumble bee

OMGOSH! Love them!!!!!!!

10/15/10 @ 10:30 am (reply)

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rachaelrobin (message) 2,882 posts, Sugar bee

These are amazing! Good tip about reading over the contract, thanks!

10/15/10 @ 10:30 am (reply)

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teaadntoast (message) 2,595 posts, Sugar bee

Love nos. 1 and 4. (And what are you smoking up there? You’re so pretty! Especially your hair.)

10/15/10 @ 10:32 am (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@teaadntoast: *big HUGE hug* I just want through a major “self improvement project” including braces so I am still getting use to how I look.

10/15/10 @ 10:34 am (reply)

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Joanna910 (message) 65 posts, Worker bee

Beautiful engagement photos!! Thanks for the tip about the contract! I would have never thought to look into that!

10/15/10 @ 10:38 am (reply)

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

Beautiful pics, love the one with the water reflection!

10/15/10 @ 10:42 am (reply)

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Mrs. Starfish (message) 1,924 posts, Buzzing bee

They came out great!

10/15/10 @ 11:12 am (reply)

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Miss Britt (message) 915 posts, Busy bee

I love seeing Kalamazoo represented on the Bee! You have some gorgeous shots! I love that one with the old truck!!

10/15/10 @ 11:17 am (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@Miss Britt: I love the truck too! Everything but the truck photo and the third one were taken near downtown Kzoo.

10/15/10 @ 11:20 am (reply)

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mightywombat (message) 3,311 posts, Sugar bee

@Miss Meerkat: Mr. Wombat is really camera-shy too - he’s not a performer and is usually super-uncomfortable in front of the lens. So although that means he’d rather have a root canal than get engagement pics, it’s also a good argument in favor of doing them, as you point out.

10/15/10 @ 12:04 pm (reply)

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Miss Meerkat (message) 3,216 posts, Sugar bee

@mightywombat: I think our men were separated at birth cause that is EXACTLY how Mr. M. acts with photos. After about an hour Mr. M. started to relax and even joke with out photographer. Seriously I have no idea how he would have done with our wedding photog if we had not done these first.

10/15/10 @ 12:08 pm (reply)

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Miss Twigs (message) 126 posts, Blushing bee

The very blue last pic is amazing!

10/15/10 @ 1:13 pm (reply)

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alvina (message) 807 posts, Busy bee

Love the colors; lots of blues! That puddle one is super cool!

10/15/10 @ 1:21 pm (reply)

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Stephanie Karen

Miss. M and Mr. M were a sweet couple to work with, it is very special to be considered as your engagement photographer considering your selection for a wedding photographer (Del Sol) is purely amazing. I felt I had so much to live up to
{Hugs} SK