the engagement shoot – a prep for the wedding

Often an engagement shoot is offered as a separate package by photographers. It is a separate event (well, kind of) and sometimes it’s also far in time from the wedding day itself. Yet, for the times when the engagement isn’t happening too far in advance of the wedding or the couple simply didn’t manage to capture the moment in a special way, offering an engagement shoot as part of one’s wedding package can be a great win-win situation.

As a photographer one will benefit from the engagement shoot as part of the wedding package because it bumps up the value of the package itself while at the same time offers a less stressful environment to engage with the couple in a photographic relationship – to see how they behave before the camera, to get more comfortable communicating with them, to get a better understanding of their taste for pictures… even to see how self-conscious they are.

For the customer – the couple, it’s a good practice run before the wedding and a good number of professional portraits (which many couples lack) at a small increase of the total price.

Lastly, such an “engagement” shoot doesn’t necessarily need to be called that to be a part of a wedding package. An extra short 1-2hrs photo shoot before the wedding will be warmly welcomed by most couples. Give it a shot and see how it will benefit you!

Below are some samples from a recent engagement/pre-wedding shoot I did with a great young couple.

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ten things for free in 2011

Update: As of 11 Dec. the remaining offers have been closed because there is very little time left of 2011 to plan and execute these photo shoots. Still, if you’re interested in any of them – contact me and I’ll see what I can do for you.

WHAT: free photographer, photos for free, me work you enjoy… Call it as you wish – I’ll shoot for 10 of you absolutely for free throughout 2011. Two business promos/ads, two weddings, three family portraits, one personal portrait, two sport events. We’re talking “photo shoot”, not just a single photograph. You only get full res digital copies of the photographs (sorry, no prints).

WHERE: -undefined- (see info below)

WHY: because I enjoy doing things for free, because you like getting things for free, for inspiration’s sake

DETAILS: well, read on

HOW DO I GET IT: post your request in the comments area below

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