One of the first things after I got engaged, I started researching photographers. To me, that’s one of my top priorities for our wedding. Pictures are very important to me since they capture your whole day and you’ll always have them to look to for a reminder. I LOVE pictures and don’t mind being in them.
Bart on the other hand, is not a big fan. Whenever we go somewhere, I always have pictures of me with my friends, but none of me and him together. What a picture downer. Anyways, I wanted to share our story of how I researched photographers. Plus, all the details on our engagement session.
Again, pictures are very important to me. I researched, researched and researched to find the one. Thankfully, I’ve had a lot of friends recently get married or get engaged so I’ve gotten to to look at their pictures to see what I like. I figured out what type of photography style I liked and found the perfect engagement photographer, Megan Burges Photography.
I emailed Megan, telling her how much I loved her work and asked if we could schedule a date. I didn’t ask for references, samples or anything like that. I just knew, same with my wedding photographer. Falling in love with their work and imagining you in their photos is a must. So I scheduled a date and now it was time to start picking out outfits. Bart was thrilled!
Another thing I love, besides photography and Bart are clothes. I have a ton of clothes and probably buy something new once a week, if not more. Something I need to control, but only in Bart’s opinion. Of course, he’s total opposite and only gets new clothes whenever I buy him something. With that being said, I knew he would NEVER in a million years want to change clothes for these pictures. I’m lucky I even got some sort of smirk out of him.
Anyways, that’s a whole story on it’s own. I love dresses, fur vest and boots. So why not include them in our picture? I also am big on off the shoulder tops, I think I’ll include that too! I went to my favorite store and had them help me find something. A good reason to go shopping. For Bart, I chose a button up shirt with jeans. He looks good in blue and always has a pretty casual look. I was satisfied and he didn’t know what he was wearing until the day of. Typical boys. I think we looked cute.
We went for an urban sort of feel in the downtown area and then took it outside to the park. I let the photographer take over. She knew exactly what she wanted and what poses looked good. So I went with it, I was up for anything and knew she would get amazing shots. She did.
We narrowed down our favorite pictures, including the one with our favorite dog, and ordered our pictures. However, it did take us a few weeks to select the ones we wanted, we loved them all. All my expectations were beyond exceeded!
So when searching for an engagement photographer or wedding photographer, research. Find someone who represents your style. Someone that you’re truly in love with. That’s how you find the photographer for your engagement and wedding.
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Photos taken by Megan Burges Photography.
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