It is a once in a lifetime moment.

Most couples spend less than a year engaged, and during those months, all the attention is focused on the wedding day. The excitement of getting engaged soon fades and the overwhelming to do list for your big day takes over. That is why an engagement session can help you commemorate the moment and enjoy that sweet part of your life.

You can break the ice.  

Once you find the ideal wedding photographer for your upcoming Melbourne celebration, the four of us will probably meet a couple of times before the wedding but chatting over coffee is not the same as working with us. When your wedding day comes, you will share many intimate moments with us, and we want you to feel like you can be yourselves around us. That is one reason why we encourage couples to book an engagement session. 

An engagement session is ideal for getting to know your photographers, how they work, and even building a friendship. We will take amazing photos and get to know your love story and how you interact as a couple. The best part of all is that an engagement session doesn’t have the stress factor of a wedding, and you will probably have tons of fun. 

It is an opportunity to get comfortable with the camera. 

If you consider yourself to be camera shy or the first time you will have professional photos taken, an engagement session would be the perfect opportunity to get comfortable in front of the camera. You can talk to us and let us know if something causes self-awareness, or we can help you nail the best angles by giving you a bit of direction. 

You will have professional photos before the big day. 

Your engagement session is not only the perfect way to treasure such an important milestone in your lives, but the beautiful photos also captured that day can be useful for a save the date invitation, to place at the entrance of your wedding reception, or even to make a beautiful short film to screen on your rehearsal dinner. 

It is the perfect opportunity for a hair and makeup trial. 

If you are planning to hire a professional or perhaps do it yourself, you can always use your engagement session as an opportunity to see if you like the result of your hair and make-up for the big day. You will be right on time to adjust or change your mind if needed. Another amazing aspect of this photo session is that you get to throw on another outfit! Fun!

You will have a moment to unwind with your partner. 

Wedding planning can be stressful, and after a couple of months of meetings with vendors and site visits to wedding venues, you can get lost and forget the real reason you are planning a wedding. You can arrange the engagement shoot to happen months before the wedding and even make it a date night or a weekend getaway. 

We always tell our couples that an engagement session doesn’t have to happen at a sophisticated location; they can be in places close to your heart or part of your love story. Perhaps you met walking down the streets of Melbourne city, at a restaurant or bar. Or you got engaged in the magical Redwood Forest, and how about some cozy portraits at home? 

The bottom line is engagement sessions are more than a trend. We are certain you won’t regret having beautiful photos taken of you and your love. Once you look back and compare your engagement photos with your wedding photos, you will see how each one reflects different stages of your love. And we are ready to be part of your story.