Engagement Photos - sneak peeks... I kind of hate them?

You look great!!! I love ur outfit & the scarf was a nice touch...ur beautiful!

Uhhhhh, are we looking at the same pictures? Because I don't see any of what you mentioned in your post. Don't be so hard on yourself. You look beautiful!

I think you look great and your photos are very nice, I really like the 2nd one I hope my hair and makeup will look half as good as yours on my pics, and you certainly don't look fat!

But I know what you mean. I very rarely like photos of myself, and I'm not looking forward to have the e-pics done in 2 weeks.

Sarah! EW! Just looking how they elongated her neck that way just creeps me out! HAHA! Ugh - Eff society's mainstream on what beauty is. We are who we are and the people who matter to us LOVE US for exactly that.

Those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. - Amen Seuss

I think the second pic is a little over-exposed and washing out color. Your fiance's shirt looks much lighter in that pic and so does your skin tone, so I think that may be what you're not liking. By the way, I'm also pale and frequently looked washed out. I think your photographer can correct the lighting in that one -- talk with him about it.

If you are fat, i must be a whale. I dont see where you are fat at all. you look healthy to me. Your pics look great, i wish i would look like that in mine!

Ok you need the Dove video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk

You are your own harshest critic. You look BEAUTIFUL in those pictures!! And I am jealous of your curls!

You look GREAT!! Seriously!!

We are waiting until the end of July or so to do our e pics so that I will be at my goal weight by then and FH can lose what he has been gaining (hopefully!). There's no way I'd do it beforehand.

We're all our own worst critics. I think you look beautiful in those photos, and definitely not fat!

I love the Dove video that Maggie posted. A great reminder that even though we tend to focus in on our own flaws, that's not what other people see when they look at us.

I saw mine and loved them, same with wedding photos minus me... I thought I looked huge...

But they've grown on me. The photographer cannot make you like yourself... You have to do that on your own.

Oh no! seriously...don't cry anymore I think your pics are adorable.

I'm getting my engagement photos done in about a month and I am worried about this same thing. Let me just tell you....you look great. If I could look half as thin as you look...I'd be thrilled! My mom has recently lost a lot of weight, like you, but she has gained some back...and she is all hard on herself for gaining some back. I'll tell you what I tell her....Just think of how far you have come!! Imagine if you took those photos at your heaviest.

But in all honesty, you look great. I love that first photo of you!

I haven't read the other comments but I wanted to share my experience. I hated all of the "sneak peaks" my photog sent for our engagement and wedding photos. However, I loved the actual photos we received. I would reserve judgement until you see a larger sampling of photos. We are our own worst critics and someone else may be concentrating on the overall artistic quality of a photo v. which picture you look the best in Good luck! p.s. I think you look gorgeous

You are all seriously the best. I needed to read these comments (and I wasn't fishing for them, I swear) - it has been a really rough morning and I have been so down on myself.

This has been a really nice lunch time pick me up... Thank you again

I will try to be less harsh until I see the rest of our pics

You look so beautiful! I love your hair so much. I'm so jealous.

I know the feeling though. Yesterday, I received our e-pics and was majorly disappointed. There was so much that I didn't like about the pictures. I sent them to my friends and family, and they loved them. I wish I was able to see them from someone else's perspective.

Oh sweetie. I understand you PERFECTLY! When I saw ours that was my IMMEDIATE reaction! I LOOK FAT!!! My makeup didn't translate well to the photos either...even though I'm a stage girl and I KNOW what I need to do...it still didn't turn out quite how I wanted. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut...we are our worst critics! Here's hoping you are more happy with the rest of them. I should be getting mine tomorrow.

I think your pics are adorable. I especially love the last one overlooking the water. Just lovely. Are you using these for STD cards?

No, not for STDs. We already sent those out... But I wanted some nice photos of us to use as a photo guest book.

I think you look great! You kind of look like Carrie Underwood, anyone else see that?? Love the pictures

Keep your head up and stop being so hard on yourself!

So, what I've gathered from this post is that every single one of us thinks we are fat and photograph horribly. We are not to trust our own judgement.