The New Engagement Shoot

Gone are the days when engagement sessions are taken in a studio. Today's brides are taking them outdoors and thinking high-concept. Use these ideas to inspire an engagement session that's truly reflects your love for each other.

• Bring fab furniture into meadows or abandoned buildings- creating that fashion-shoot feel
• Copy of movie theme - think Up and use a giant bunch of balloons
• Time periods - 50s fashion are very in right now

Places To Go: (you'll need permission and most likely have to acquire a photography permit)

• amusement park or fairgrounds
• an ice cream shop
• a culinary school
• a subway platform
• playground swings
• a science lab
• a ski slope
• your alma mater
• a baseball stadium
• an aquarium
• a pumpkin patch
• a bowling alley

Making the most of the session:

• Pick a theme and dress the part - preppy, quirky, flirty, etc.
• Avoid the hours between 10-2p when the sun is high and the lighting's unflattering
• Choose a location that means something to you: your first date, where he proposed, your favorite hang-out
• Bring props to add pose variety, flowers, sunglasses, 'Save the Date" or "I Said Yes!" signs
• FLIRT! Pretend that you are on a date and the photographs will reflect the love you have for each other