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STYLE GUIDE THE ENGAGEMENT SESSION A Luxury ExperienceTHE ENGAGEMENT SESSION STYLE GUIDE 3 GETTING STARTED SCHEDULING YOUR SESSION EXAMPLE TIMELINES CHOOSING THE LOCATION DESTINATION ENGAGEMENT STYLE TIPS: FOR HER SAY YES TO THE DRESS CHOOSING COLORS COORDINATING THE LOOKS FLATTERING YOUR FEATURES GO PRO: HAIR & MAKEUP FALL & WINTER SESSIONS FASHION TIPS: FOR HIM PREPPING YOUR MAN TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR GROOMS PHOTO DELIVERY TIMELINE ENGAGEMENT SESSION CHECKLIST TABLE of CONTENTS 4 7 8 11 17 21 22 25 26 34 37 40 43 47 49 52 554 gettingSTARTED We’re so excited for your engagement session! Marriage is the best! You have such a fun journey ahead! We want you to know that we’re honored to be your photographers and humbled that you’ve trusted us with the responsibility of helping you create memories you’ll look back on and cherish for a lifetime. We can’t wait to celebrate with you on your big day and be at your side to capture all the memories you’ll make with each other and the people you love most. But first, let’s talk about your engagement session! As photographers, we believe your engagement session is one of the most important parts of the pre-wedding process for four reasons. First, it gives us a chance to spend time together and get to know each other better before the big day. Second, it gives you a chance to get comfortable in front of our cameras so you’ll know exactly what to do and be posing pros by the time the wedding rolls around. Third, it gives you a set of beautiful images that you can use for save-the-dates, your wedding website, prints to display at the rehearsal dinner or reception, frames for your wall in your new home together and so much more! Most importantly, it gives you a way to freeze this special time in your life. A chance to pause, take a deep breath and relish in this season together. You’ll be husband and wife for fifty plus years, but you only get to be fiances for a short little window of your life! With your engagement session, we want to help you slow down long enough to remember this short, sweet season of life for years to come. Our goal is simple: for your session to be as fun and stress-free as possible! That’s why we’ve created this guide just for you! The following pages will help you get the absolute most out of your photos. By the time you’ve read through it, you'll have all of your questions answered and feel ready and prepared for your session! This guide is packed with our best tips, tricks and insider secrets for scheduling and styling your engagement session –– and everything in between. Your only job is to be yourselves, laugh a lot, have fun and let us do the rest! We can’t wait to get you in front of our cameras and we’re so excited to see you soon! JEN & LEWIS YOU'RE ENGAGED...CONGRATULATIONS! XOXO,THE ENGAGEMENT SESSION STYLE GUIDE 7 WE PHOTOGRAPH ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS THE WAY WE LIKE TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED OURSELVES: Outdoors, in natural light, because we love images that are clean, bright, fresh and timeless. Images that look and feel like you. That’s why we begin all of our sessions 1-2 hours before the scheduled sunset –– during the magical “golden hour” –– when the light in the sky is the softest, dreamiest and most flattering. You can use a sunset calculator online to determine the scheduled sunset for the date and location you’d like to do your session. Then, just subtract two hours to figure out your approximate session start time. If you’re wearing one outfit, we’ll start your session about 90 minutes before sunset. When scheduling your date, it’s important to remember that the sun sets much earlier during the colder months of the year and much later during the warmer months, so make sure to factor that in when choosing your engagement session date –– especially if you’re taking off work or have evening plans afterward. We always recommend going out for a fun date night afterward since you’re already dressed up! Our weekends fill up fast and far in advance, but our weekdays are much more flexible. So if you’d like to do your session sooner rather than later, scheduling mid-week is the way to go! SCHEDULING your SESSION1 SUNSET 7:00 P.M. - ONE OUTFIT EXAMPLE TIMELINE NO. 5:30 P.M.ARRIVE 5:45 P.M.PHOTOGRAPH OUTFIT 1 7:00 P.M.YOU MADE IT! GO ON A HOT DATE! THE ENGAGEMENT SESSION STYLE GUIDE 9 SUNSET 7:00 P.M. - TWO OUTFITS 4:45 P.M.ARRIVE 5:00 P.M.PHOTOGRAPH OUTFIT 1 5:45 P.M. CHANGE OUTFITS 6:00 P.M. PHOTOGRAPH OUTFIT 2 7:00 P.M.YOU MADE IT! GO ON A HOT DATE! 2 EXAMPLE TIMELINE NO. Next >