Simple Engagement Photos: A How-To

As you’re looking through potential engagement photo, you might feel overwhelmed with options. There are so many different ideas for clothes, settings, color schemes, props, even plots or story lines -- what if you just want, you know, some photos of you and your partner? Simple engagement photos are a good way to get some pictures done for family members and the newspaper announcement of your engagement.

Don’t feel like you have to make a big production for your engagement photos if you don’t want to. Here are some ideas for simple engagement photos.

• Find a photographer with a style you like. Some photographers are willing to go to extremes to make memorable engagement photos; some like to keep it simple. Find photos that appeal to you, and work from there.
• Focus on you. Talk with your photographer about how you would like to focus on the two of you as a couple, rather than on other visual features. Close shots of your heads together make easy and simple engagement photos.
• Wear comfortable clothes. Whether that means dressy clothes or jeans and t-shirts, wear clothes that are neat but comfortable. There’s no reason to be fussing with clothes if you don’t feel like it.
• Keep the portfolio small. Let your photographer know that you will not be buying a lot of photos; find a small package that works for you. Keep the photo shoot short and you won’t have to spend a lot of time sifting through takes to find the ones you want.

Simple engagement photos are possible, and can help you save your planning energy for the wedding itself. What other things are important if you want simple engagement photos?

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