What I learned at my engagement shoot....

1. Have FH carry lipstick/gloss in his pocket. I kept running back to my bag to reapply. Also, take a break somewhere in the middle to check hair and makeup!

2. We did ours this past weekend and our wedding is in January. If I could suggest something to those who have some time like I did: do them when it is cooler out! By the end, both FH and I were sweating. GROSS.....

3. Seems silly, but just like for the wedding, make a list of 'must take shots' if you have something you want. I wanted a picture of FH 'dipping' me and kissing and I totally forgot about it.

4. Break in your shoes!! I wore new heels and after 2 hours of walking and taking pictures, I had PAINFUL blisters!

5. We chose to do 'layers' instead of changing outfits completely. I would suggest, and FH agrees, that switching outfits would have been better. We don't get our proofs back for 3 weeks, but we are afraid it is going to be 600 pictures that look too similar. I wore a black dress from JCrew with a sweater in some of the pictures. FH wore jeans and a white button up with a casual blazer for some of the pics.

6. FH thinks we should have brought something meaningful to us, perhaps a football, as a prop in our pictures. I think they were fine without, but I told him I would mention it.

Overall, we had a great experience and we are so excited to get the proofs (and of course, share them with all of you). We also had a lot more fin than we thought we were going to. We laughed non-stop... how can you not when you are supposed to 'look out in the distance' or 'look deep into each others eyes'

Thanks, Great tips.. We are doing ours in the fall. I sorta wanted to do them in the summer, but I hear what you are saying about the hot weather.

Can't wait to see your pics. Where did you take them?

thanks for the advice, def stuff to keep in mind

I wore lipgloss and think it was gone within the first few mins but i never reapplied, i thought about it but decided to just let it be lol...Then after i was like OMG what if it doesnt look that good but glad it was ok.

My hair i didnt even bother with bc it was SOOOOOO windy, we were right on the water and infact angelica kept telling me to mess it up for a different look so thank god for that bc otherwise i wouldn't be able to do anything.

Thank you for the tips

The reapplying of lipstick is a big one. I totally forgot..and I had like none on by halfway through the shoot.

If you don't have anywhere to change outfits...change your hair accessories! It can change your look quickly!

Oh yeah...and keep your chin down in pics....I kept sticking my chin up because I didn't want the double chin...AG had to keep telling me to put my chin down!

all good things to know! we aren't taking ours until sept/oct mostly b/c of the weather! thanks for the tips