This past Sunday Mr. Grapefruit and I went to Old Town Alexandria and had our engagement photo shoot with Grace and Loun Loun who call themselves "Girls with Big Cameras" =) http://www.withbigcameras.com/ They offered us a complimentary 2 hour photo session as they are trying to build their portfolio while maintaining full time jobs! The interesting part of all this is they all went to my undergraduate school but we never met! Jonathan and I are not portrait people and we are very goofy playful people. The only thing that we took seriously was what we thought we "should" wear for the pictures to come out relatively nice. I chose to wear red - coat, shoes, and sweater. Mr. grapefruit wore a cream sweater and a brand new dark gray long coat that I gave him for Christmas. The photographers LOVED the color scheme and now that I have some preliminary photos from the shoot I am really glad that it turned out so wonderful! The red really helped highlight and contrast us from the winter background - how can anyone not like red?! The rest of the day was amazingly fun as we jumped, skipped, kissed, and laughed through out the streets of Old Town. The girls were very patient and open about ideas, angles, and emotions that they felt could be captured. My advice for anyone thinking of doing e-pics is
1. Find a color that you like and wear it - preferably bright like green, red, yellow, etc.
1. Find a color that you like and wear it - preferably bright like green, red, yellow, etc.
2. Do not wear the same color as your fiance as the shots will look blended
3. Location can matter if you feel that your emotions or comfort level will benefit if your are in that area. Location will not matter if you are comfortable anywhere because most of the shots are close ups celebrating you both not what is in the background.
4. If you are into poses, print some examples out and bring them to the shoot to help your photographers make the most of the session
5. Personal items should be brought if they are meaningful: pets, handkerchief you made for him, earrings he bought for you, etc
6. Be well rested and not have a time constraint so you can enjoy the candid moments with each other
I can't wait to get the CD of the proofs so I can make them into a guestbook for the wedding just like I saw Mrs. Bell Pepper do for hers!
Did you get engagement photos done and what were the things you liked and regretted about the shoot?
Did you get engagement photos done and what were the things you liked and regretted about the shoot?
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