Texas-Dallas and Ft. Worth

Our Engagement Shots

Ok.  I'm posting this in a new thread just in case you weren't following the other thread on our shots this weekend.

The shoot went GREAT Saturday!  We ended up going to the Gaylord Texan and had a great time there!  Our photographer didn't bring in as much gear as he wanted to because we were there on the down low! :)  (For those asking, there is a $1500 fee for photography if you are not a Gaylord Texan bride.  And, from what we could tell, receptions started at $92/pp.  That is not even counting the ceremony there.  EEP!)

We didn't even end up going all over the hotel, but we found some really cool niches and did our thing.  I think we are going to go back there for our family pictures for our Christmas cards.  Especially since it will be all decked out in Charlie Brown for the holidays! :)

We then headed to the Stockyards (after a great lunch at Cracker Barrel) and I was really excited about the architecture and again, little spots we found.  The photography assistant (i.e. FI's Mom) thought we needed cowboy hats and man, did it really make the difference!! 

We ran out of time before going to the Farmers Market, but really we could have spent the whole day in either of our other locations and been great.  Though, I'm glad we have that little bit of variety. 

We did go to the Las Colinas Canal to see what we could do.  Again, this is another place where a photographer has to pay royalties, so we were just seeing what was there.  We got there a little too late and the sun was completely down.  Since we weren't bring lights and all that there weren't too many locations.  Though, we did find this cool bridge with lights under it that worked out pretty well.

Hopefully this link works.  It is a sampling of the over 1000 shots we took! Let me know. 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5004591&id=698333116&ref=fbx_album&fbid=434906928116#!/album.php?aid=209764&id=698333116

Re: Our Engagement Shots

  • stupid&luckystupid&lucky member
    10 Comments
    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_engagement-shots?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:102Discussion:3e827691-9d04-4b2b-bc36-a7548c0fd62bPost:dbdb91f0-3458-4057-a31f-052cb0199cd7">Our Engagement Shots</a>:
    [QUOTE] We ended up going to the Gaylord Texan and had a great time there!  Our photographer didn't bring in as much gear as he wanted to because we were there on the down low! :)  (For those asking, there is a $1500 fee for photography if you are not a Gaylord Texan bride.  Posted by manello[/QUOTE]

    Wow...that's not what we've been hearing and a real drag.   My daughter planned on going there in 3 weeks, but we don't have that kind of money in the budget.  For engagement pics, she turned down a place that wanted $500 and found a winery ($25) and a wine bar ($0), that should look perfectly good!
  • edited December 2011
    Oh, we didn't pay the fee!  $1500 is WAY outta the budget.  We didn't pay anything because we were being very inconspicuous.
  • edited December 2011
    Your link didn't work for me! ): 

    And $1500 seems like a ridiculous amount to spend just to take pictures there, I would have done it inconspicuously, too! 
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  • edited December 2011
    Poo.  I see that now.  I'll have to find a way to get the pics and save a few to post for you guys.

    It is completely ridiculous to pay $1500!  I'm glad I'm not the only one to think that! :)
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