Andrew and I got engaged on August 6, 2011. Since August 7th I have been bugging him, begging and pleading even trying to barter the chance for us to get engagement photos. Yes I know we have other photos around that house of us and YES I know they are not required just because we got engaged....but I REALLY wanted them.
I see ideas all over Google and the boards with different things to do with a couple's e pics and I wanted to do the same... or at least something similar.
In the past 4 and a half years Drew and I only have about 10 pictures that are frame worthy... and even that is pushing it. So I never gave up hope on this fight. FINALLY I wore him down and he said "Okay." So I started researching and found several options who all wanted too much money for 2 hrs worth of work. So I had to go back to the drawing board, get creative and use my resources.
After a few more months of negotiations and just short of blackmail, I was able to convince one of my Bridesmaids, Candace, to do my make up and my Maid of Honor, Shauntae, to take the photos. Many people don't know this, but Tae has a passion and a gift for photography. She really does not like shooting people and much prefers inanimate so I really was twisting her arm to get her to be our photographer.
When it was all said and done, we had a great outing. Andrew's best man, Anthony, and groomsmen, Sam, and my bridesmaid, Candace, came with us and really helped to make it a great afternoon and fun time for all. I can confidently say that 80% of the smiles in the photos we took were genuine.
Now for the waiting..... I cannot wait for the editing to be done and see how they turned out!
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