Weddingbee Blog

The whole pre-wedding photo session seems to be a fairly common thing these days, though it wasn’t something I was familiar with until I got engaged myself. And since Mr. Jaguar is incredibly shy, I was really excited to give him the chance to meet with our photographer, Andrew from Follan Photography. We booked with Andrew back in April 2010 (the things you do when you love a photographer!) and we left it until   this year to contact him about setting up the shoot—and we nearly almost missed out on it. It turns out that the Follans had re-worked their packages during the time we’d put down our deposit, and a pre-wedding shoot was no longer complimentary—but thankfully, Andrew decided to honour us with the shoot for booking so early!

The thing is, I’m not sure what to expect, and I think wedding world is to blame for that! I’ve seen so many gorgeous shoots with props, with awesome locations, with all these added extras that make the pictures really pop. There have been outfit changes and location changes, all of these fabulous shots…wow. I love them. I could spend (and have spent) hours ogling pretty pictures online.

Only our shoot…well, it’s tomorrow.

And while I’ve been looking forward to this photo-shoot for months, now that it’s just around the corner, I’m freaking out. Add in the perfect timing of a) roaring PMS, b) a chesty cough and second cold for the year, and c) a whopping lovely scab right in the corner of my mouth, thanks to Oscar-cat having a spazz attack during cuddle time the other night, and I’m feeling a tad less than photogenic, if you know what I mean.

We’re going to a park about a 40 minutes’ drive away for the shoot, so it should be fairly isolated with some pretty backdrops—but we’re meeting at 4.30PM so won’t have a lot of time there. I think I’m going to wear a dress, but I’m not sure if there’s time (or place to change!) into a second outfit, so I’m hoping it’s going to look okay and will be flattering. I do know that I’m looking forward to seeing my gorgeous makeup and hair stylist, Jenny from Le Fabulous, once more. She’s going to work her magic into a nice hairstyle for me for the photos, and I want to experiment with the makeup again—particularly with the eyes.

But that’s about as far as I’ve gotten. We don’t have any props, though we can probably scrounge one or two up if need be. Mr. Jaguar is already nervous, so I’m hoping that the drive out to the venue will help him relax.  And if all else fails, I’ll resort to my standby actions for when he’s feeling awkward about posing: the butt pinch. It always works.

I’m still really looking forward to getting some quality photographs of the us, since we don’t take nearly enough pictures of us as a couple, especially now that we’re done with the travelling! I’ll definitely share the results with you once they’re back…but for now, I’m going to work on sucking my gut in, practising the best angles for not seeing flabby bits, and attempting to leave this effing scab alone.

How did you combat the nerves for your engagement photo shoot?