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
- 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
- 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
