Photo Taken by InLux Photo

I loved taking our engagement pictures minus 1 thing. It was cold. When we booked InLux Photographers Jarred and Heather as our photographers we knew that we that we wanted a spring engagement session because I wasn’t too thrilled about a wintry photo shoot. I wanted to be warm in our photo shoot. Well I forgot that we live in Ohio and you can’t really predict the weather here and it was cold at the end of April. Phil and I chose our engagement photo location to be German Village in Columbus, Ohio. We chose German Village because it is the place we fell in love. I lived in German Village for 3 years while I was in law school and it is my absolutely favorite place. Most of Phil and I’s dates were exploring German Village together so it was the perfect place for our engagement pictures. We picked the Book Loft, Schiller Park, and Jeni’s Ice Cream for our location spots. We also shot a couple shots on the streets of German Village as well.

Phil and I testing out our engagement picture looks

Picking out our outfits for our engagement photos was a lot of fun. I love when I can dress up Phil. He didn’t have any objections either. I  wasn’t going to put Phil in Justin Bieber baggy pants and a tank, but I wanted him to look J. Crew stylish. A trip to the Gap Outlet did the trick. Phil’s jeans, shorts, and button up were all from the Gap.  Phil’s blue button up was a vintage Structure shirt, yes I said Structure. His shoes were Sperry’s Phil’s favorite color is orange so I picked out the orange and blue gingham shirt in which now is his favorite shirt. The green shorts were an easy pick because they were not cargo shorts and colored shorts were a big trend for this summer for guys. Phil just needed a new pair of jeans simply because some of his jeans looked baggy because he had lost weight. I loved my outfits for our engagement shoots. My dress is from my absolutely favorite store Madewell. My blazer is from Banana Republic.  My shoes were from my second favorite store Gabriel Brothers. The styling of this outfit was inspired by the website Damsel in Dior. My second outfit was both J. Crew button up and pants. My shoes were Steve Madden. I originally thought I was going to wear my dress outfit when Phil was going to wear his jean outfit but the patterns didn’t go together so we made a switch.

Photo by InLux

Working with Jarred and Heather from InLux was awesome. They really can make anything look pretty. They had us laying under a tree during one of the shots and I had one of those moments of what am I doing and it looked absolutely amazing. They made up look like we were in a garden wonderland. Even though it was cold during our shoot we still ate Jeni’s Ice Cream outside and finished every bite of ice cream because Jeni’s is that good. I would recommend to anyone getting married to have an engagement shoot with your photographer because you really do learn how to work with them and how their process of shooting goes. He is some other tips I would give to anyone getting their engagement pictures taken:

1. Get a spray tan…I got one before this shoot and Phil was normal. I looked tanner than him, which never happens because I burn and look like a lobster while he turns a nice shade of dark brown.

2. Don’t be afraid to try a trendy look. My dress outfit is very trendy and I love it. It also made my pictures pop. Don’t wear flip flops they look horrible in pictures.

3. “Try” pick a month where it’s not cold. This may or may not work out for you.

4. You are going to making out a lot with your fiance so practice cute making out and make sure your breathe is minty fresh.

5. Practice smiling. You are going to smile a lot and your face gets tried so you don’t want the forced smile look.

Check out some of our engagement pictures here. We will post more on Facebook once we finally try to decide which ones we like the best (it’s really hard because we love so many of them).

Us eating Jeni’s and being romantic.

Phil and I looking cute in the park

One of my favorite photos