I initially was not thinking of having a December holiday wedding, so in May, when my man proposed, my fiance and I were beyond excited took our engagement pictures immediately! They turned out great!
My issue is, now that I am having a holiday wedding, they do not match the theme at all! (I attached a few pictures!)
What should I do about them being the wrong season? How could I tie Spring pictures save the dates and invitations in the future? I have plenty of time, so I'm not in a rush, just getting ideas!
I would have just gotten new pictures, but we did not have the money to spend a lot on another set of engagement pictures right before the holidays, with just buying a home!
I'm seeing if anybody has any good ideas on how I can still use the pictures I've already paid a pretty penny for, before I pay for more engagement pictures.
Re: Wrong Season Engagement Pictures
If you're really concerned about it though, consider cropping down the photos so there is more emphasis on the two of you as opposed to the scenery. I like the fifth one you posted best for this. Consider going black and white. That will deemphasize the very springy/summery greens.
How are you planning on using the photos? It is not proper to mail printed engagement announcements. You could have a photo published in your local paper with your engagement announcement. Be prepared to pay a lot of money if this is in your plans! On Facebook? No problem. Included in a wedding invitation? Not proper. To display at the wedding? I have never heard of this! I think you are worrying about something that doesn't matter at all.
(The fifth one is my favorite too! I love the cropping and making it black and white!!)
Merry Christmas and thank you again!
Okay, I just have been getting many ideas from all different family members and friends to use them in different ways. They're all over Facebook and at the engagement party my mom presented them beautifully, everyone loved them!
Thanks for the advice, I won't use them at the wedding, I never heard of that either, just invitations and save the dates is what I've heard!
The invitation conveys the who, what, when and where. The colours of the invitation can show your theme and the formality of the invitation should match the formality of your wedding.
I have seen couples get an engagement photo printed with a wide white mat boarder and then use this as their guestbook.
In either case, your engagement photos do not need to match your wedding day season. Engagement photos are generally done a few months ++ before the actual wedding, so I don't think I've ever seen anyone's match.
If you are worried, I do like the idea of cropping the photo and putting it into black and white.
What about this, ladies? Do you often see engagement photos included in a wedding invitation?
We did family photos at the end of October, and it's very clearly fall - we just sent one of those out as our Christmas cards. Use the e-photos or don't use them, but if you like the pictures, the season is no reason not to use them.
Either way it ends up in the trash, in my house, it's just extra garbage if I got a picture in the invitation. It wouldn't go on the fridge with the invitation, even.
My take on photos:
- Season doesn't matter at all (Black and White is classic and diminishes this if you are concerned).
- Photo Save the Dates are common and I like those.
- Photos with invites are something I have never seen or heard of. I might think it weird (maybe a tad AW-ish) and wouldn't keep a separate photo.
- Photo Thank You Cards: I am okay with these when the couple uses an e-pic or a guests/preview pic and sends them out within two weeks or so. I hate when couples take FOR EV AR to get them out because they are waiting on a pic. (We had "generic" ones that matched our wedding stationary).
- Photos at the wedding: I have seen this but I don't really car much.