The 5 plus 1 best tips for engagement photos and couple photos
Engaged in Vienna? Discover 5+1 tips for dreamy couple photos that capture your love in beautiful pictures—forever.
Engagement photos and couple photos are more than just fun snapshots—they are one of the first milestones on your journey together toward your wedding. This entertaining, stress-free photo session is like a trial run for your wedding day.
You will learn how to perfect all kinds of flattering poses while capturing photos for your wedding invitations and wedding website. The engagement session also marks the start of the relationship between you and your wedding photographer.
It helps you build a relationship with your photographer so that you feel comfortable with them and vice versa. As a photographer, I appreciate the time I can take to get to know you and your partner; this helps me take meaningful and personal pictures.
When you should take your couple photos
Engagement and couple photos are one of the first milestones in wedding planning, and once you have agreed on a wedding date, it's time to plan your engagement shoot. If you want to use the photos for your save-the-date wedding cards (which are sent out six to eight months before the wedding), you should take the engagement photos about 10 months or more in advance. This will give you enough time to review the pictures and design your invitations. If you have a longer engagement period or don't want to use the photos for the invitations, you have more flexibility.
The best season and time of day for couple photos?
As far as the season is concerned, I recommend avoiding midsummer, because even here the heat can make you sweat. In my opinion, spring and fall are best because there are no extreme temperatures and you can still see beautiful, colorful foliage—not bare, dreary trees like in winter. But winter photos in a snowy setting can also be beautiful and stand out from other photos taken during the year.
As far as the time of day is concerned, evening or early morning is the best time for a shoot to capture the warm colors of sunrise and sunset, but as a professional photographer, I can create beautiful light and the right mood at any time of day. However, the best time is one or two hours before sunset to take advantage of the flattering natural light.
The perfect location for engagement and couple photos
When choosing the perfect location for your engagement photos, you can either select a place that is special to you or rely on my suggestions and expertise. If you have a special place in mind—the location of your first date, your favorite café, or a park on your walking route—please let me know and we will find a suitable solution.
While it's nice to take engagement photos in a nostalgic location, as a photographer, I love it when couples let me inspire them. I'm constantly driving around and discovering new or lesser-known photo spots. That's why I'm happy when a couple chooses a location I suggest. I often have new spots in mind and am just waiting for an adventurous couple to try them out.
What you should wear for your engagement photos
Less is more when it comes to choosing the perfect outfit for engagement photos. Overall, I recommend understated, subtle, and neutral colors for a classic, timeless look. Muted tones such as beige, taupe, black, and white are the most flattering. Avoid highly saturated or bright colors such as bold red or orange, as these colors will reflect off your face, especially in the sun, and give you unwanted coloring.
Nevertheless, red and orange tones are not completely taboo for engagement shoots—you just have to get creative and use them in a different way that is not so close to the face, e.g., as a skirt or shoes.
Even though it's tempting to wear a brand new outfit, comfort should come first—but that doesn't mean you should dress in yoga pants and baggy sweatshirts. You can still buy a chic new outfit, but you shouldn't wear it for the first time on the day of your engagement shoot. Wear it to dinner, take a few iPhone photos, and see if you really like it. Nothing is worse than realizing during the shoot that your shirt is terribly wrinkled, your pants are worn out after 30 minutes, or you just don't like how it looks.
Hair and makeup for couple photos and engagement photos?
Engagement photo shoots are also a great opportunity to experiment with makeup for your wedding day. If you have a makeup artist in mind for your wedding day, you can use your engagement shoot as a trial run. It's great to see how the makeup looks in professional photos. What feels like a lot of makeup often doesn't look as dramatic on camera as it does in the mirror. It's often helpful to be able to rework the makeup after the engagement session. That way, your big day will be flawless!
Interested? What are you waiting for?
If I have sparked your interest in couple photos and engagement photos, then contact me and we will arrange an appointment for your couple photos. We will discuss your photo shoot in advance by phone so that we can get to know each other.
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