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Unlike most couples, our engagement shoot was more of an afterthought. It was also a bit tricky on the practical front, since I was in New York and Mr. Crepe was in Nashville. Our wonderful photographers had gifted us a couple hours of shooting as a signing incentive—a note to all the wedding photogs out there, this is a great idea, especially for your clients who aren’t planning on getting an engagement package. It’s a wonderful way for everyone to get comfortable with each other. We weren’t planning on doing this since it wasn’t in the budget for us and we couldn’t see what we’d do with the photos since we had already sent out our save the dates. But I am definitely happy that we ended up doing it since I LOVE our photos!

Originally, we wanted to use those hours to shoot our rehearsal dinner because it would have been a great way to capture our family and friends who were involved in the wedding. In retrospect, I’m glad that didn’t work out. We had been setting up our reception area all day and since there wasn’t enough time to get a shower in there, we showed up exhausted and sweaty at the dinner.

There were also quite a few key players who weren’t able to make it to the rehearsal dinner so we decided to use it on an engagement shoot after all.

We ended up finally scheduling something for the week before our wedding and I’m so glad we did because I was NERVOUS.

I am always taking silly photos of myself so I thought it would be no thang but as it turns out, I am not comfortable in front of someone else’s camera AT ALL. Thank God for Mindy and Phil, who were amazing. They walked me through it and didn’t make me feel badly about being SO unreasonably scared of being photographed.

(Tip: When someone tells you to fake laugh, don’t bust out into real nervous laughter. Because that does not photograph pretty, my friends.)

Alright, enough talk. Onto our favorite photos from the shoot!

All photos courtesy of Phindy Studios.

Did you have a case of major nerves at your engagement session? How did you overcome it?