the Price of Engagement Portraits

We found a photographer to take a series of 3 photos to mark the engagement of our son. They did about a 1.5 hour photo session and 3 poses were included. We used our own frames so they did not provide that. We also did not get extra copies made. We came away with the picture to submit to the paper and 3 5x7 pictures of good quality. We also got proofs of the 3 poses we chose. Those proofs were a bit bigger than wallet size and are decent enough quality.

The photographer was wonderful. She was easy to work with and she wanted to provide just the type of photo we wanted, so she talked to us until she was sure she had our vision in her head. Then we went to a nearby waterfront park and took the pictures. It was actually a lot of fun. If we had had extra money at the time, there were more than three pictures that we would have liked to have purchased from her. We will return to this photographer for future portraits and we tell all of our friends about her.

It is best to have your vision for the type of photos you want firmly in your mind before you talk to the photographer. Also make sure the personalities really mesh, that way you will walk away with some very memorable photographs.