Unique Engagement Session Ideas?
Wedding Photography is all about telling your
story, and your engagement session is no
exception. This session may be your first
professional portraits as a couple, as well as the
first time you get to work with your wedding
photographer, so make it count. Go all out and
make it all about you.
1. Location - Don’t leave it up to your
photographer to choose the location that he or
she likes the best. This is your session. Find a
place that has meaning to you. Did you both
grow up in Dallas? Go downtown! Did you go to
the movies for your first date? Ask if you can
shoot inside a theater. Do you reconnect over
Starbucks after work? Ask the manager if you
can shoot there. A location that has meaning will
add a lot of depth to your session and will go a
long way in telling your story. Some of the more
unique places I had the opportunity to
photograph includes: Big League Dreams, AMC
30 in Mesquite, and the Flying Saucer in Fort
Worth.
2. Theme your session - One very unique
sesion that I had the opportunity to shoot was a
Mario-themed engagement. The storyline (yes,
this session had a storyline) was very unique, too.
A couple falls asleep in a park and wakes up as
Mario, but Princess Peach is missing. Mario sets
out on a quest to find his Princess, but gets
detoured along the way (Hey, he had to eat and
take a nap!). When he finally finds his Princess,
she is uptset that it took him so long. Mario
makes up for it by proposing. They were able
tescape, and returned to their modern world as
an engaged couple. See the pictures on these
two pages.
You can theme your session after anything that
has meaning to you. My couple loved playing
Mario games and acting in the theater, so their
choice fit them perfect. I have seen sessions that
theme themselves after movies, books, or various
decades that they have a share interest in.