Today we’re so pleased to have Danni of Oh Hello Friend guest blogging with us. She’s a super crafty chica who’s also planning her wedding in the next year. So, we thought we’d let her give you the inside scoop into what she’s thinking of crafting up her wedding.
{images c/o Tyler Branch via Ruffled}
From Danni:
My fiancee and I are taking wedding planning one day at a time. I’m really excited about our engagement pictures and definitely want to get that done first. When I started looking for inspiration, it was not hard to quickly find lots of amazing shoots and creative ideas. So here’s what I found: Follow me along as I search for inspiration for my engagement shoot. And maybe you can gather ideas/inspiration if you’re planning an engagement or anniversary session yourself!
{images c/o Yvonne Wong & Lucida Photography}
LOCATION
First, choose a location. I noticed lots of open fields have become very popular, or perhaps just a place with lots of negative space that the photographer can use to capture in your images.
{images c/o Alysse Gafkjen, Brandon Kid, Max Wanger}
In the first image by Alysse Gafkjen, this couple braved it through the weather and snow and they ended up with beautiful images. Consider the weather and using it to your advantage. Or you can pick an actual storefront which makes for great images as shown here in Brandon Kidd’s candy store shoot and Max Wagner’s carnival shoot!
{images c/o Sweet Little Photographs, Clayton Austin}
Lastly for location, I think this photo by Tim Melideo at the beach in vintage bathing suits is too cute! Love the train tracks and vintage outfits they chose in the next photo by Clayton.
PROPS
I tried thinking of fun extra props we can bring to add to our pictures. I love these concepts and ideas that these couples came up with:
{images c/o Shannon Nicole Smith, Jessica Bennett, Simply Bloom via Once Wed, Jill Thomas, Sarah Yates}
THEME
According to a wedding site I was at recently, engagement themes are a 2010 trend. I think if you can pull it off: awesome!
{images c/o Caroline Ghetes, Stephanie Fay, Braedon Photography}
So inspired by the themes captured in these images! They have everything going for them in the photos: clothing. props. set. Perfect!
Hope you enjoyed the engagement photo inspiration! Tomorrow I will be back with engagement session decor ideas + what-to-wear outfit inspiration.
xo~Danni
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Aw! I’m so excited to see one of my images up there. : )))
I love love love oh, hello friend. + I love 100layercake! Those pictures are definitely inspiring.
Thanks for sharing!
These images are all SOO beautiful! I love the one of the couple sitting in the tree, the one with the books and balloons as props, and just all of the matching outfits with pops of color! Can’t wait to see what props danni decides to use and what their outfits will look like!
My wife loves Oh Hello Friend (& Dani). Awesome to see her here! And, must say, as a photographer, Engagement Themes are rad!
Perfectly propped.
Thanks for doing this series on e-photos. I’ve been thinking about what we’re going to do for our e-photos and this is SO helpful!
how wonderful! my wedding is a year and a half out so we are planning on doing our pictures this summer in our home state of Minnesota. it’s been fun thinking of places to go and things to use. we haven’t made any final decisions yet, but some ideas have included, air shows(we’ve flown a lot to see each other) and on the mississippi in his dads fishing boat (as we both grew up on the water and I love to fish!)
I can’t wait to see what you have in store for what to wear!
Gorgeous! Love the props, but I would add the large wooden letters I’ve been seeing around too, they’re so cute!
Thanks for all the sweet comments friends!
@Kirby – Minnesota is beautiful! I would have loved to do some ’snowy’ engagement photos while we were in Missouri last week.
@Kristina – I actually purchased two large 4 foot letters from etsy and we’re doing our engagement shoot this weekend! with some other fun props too, so excited about it
xo.
These are great ideas! It works out so well when the couple puts some fore-thought into the engagement session ideas, and it makes it that much more personal! Because the photographer can create visual beauty, you also want your shoot to resonate with you as a couple! From a photographer, thanks for sharing this inspiration for couples!
Loving all these great images and inspiration! Thanks for sharing now I want to go take some “themed” photos!
Love all these great photos!!
I love the playfulness of them, so fun! Really brings out the personality of the couple
.honeyhuckabee
Danni, it was a nice surprise to find you on here. Fantastic post! I am so excited to see your engagement photos:) Many blessings~
I’m once again amazed by how great collection of inspiration you have gathered for us. What a gorgeous set of photographs, ideas and guest posts! I feel so inspired!!!