Fiance doesnt want engagement pictures

Engagement pictures aren’t super important but it’s a good way to get to know your photographer. FH doesn’t like having his picture taken either but we got our engagement pictures taken and he didn’t complain because he knew that I wanted them.

Those are important. U don't know anyone like friend or family that is into photography??
I just ask cause I know 3 but my Fiance Uncle he prob would charge us. My cousin she said she do it as a wedding gift and she's 5hours a way. And my good friend I know she do a good job. But I understand how your fiance feels I'm not a photo person. Especially when it's birthdays and other events going on Christmas anything my friend is constantly doing photos of me and all of us. She got a family pic of me and my fiance with our 2 boys. There my step sons. But still I'm like really I want to get this over with. And my Fiance is looking at me like is this ever gonna end. I wonder how he is gonna act when I ask him about engagement pics. I don't mind but the thing is standing there and are they gonna look good. And how long is it gonna take. I'm not a photo person but I want the pics. I love to scrapbook too.

Ours were free so I told him to just give it a try, my fh hates pictures... but our photographer is super nice and he felt comfortable as the shoot went on

We both didn't want engagement pictures because we felt they were not really necessary and were a waste of money (for us), but I still wanted a photo for the STDs and didn't want to reuse a picture we already had. I knew exactly what STD photo I was going after - a picture of us in front of our first date location (a cafe in our neighborhood). One of the GM takes photos as a hobby and has a good camera, so one May afternoon, we got dressed up, and took about 60 shots in front of the cafe; took a total of 30mins including travel time. We then took that GMs out for lunch to thank him.

We didn't do them, it was just an extra expense that we didn't need. Have you asked him why he doesn't want to do any pictures at all this year? If it's your tradition to normally do them once a year than I would ask him why and express how important it is to you to at least do the mother's day pics you normally do. Planning a wedding is super stressful and sometimes it's overwhelming he just may be freaking out a little at the idea of paying for something else. My Husband and I both freaked out a little when we were planning because every time we turned around there was another expense, we just had to really communicate a lot and realize we were in this together

We didn't do them because we felt like they were a waste of money and they're really not necessary. But if you really want them done, you could tell your FH these photos would be good practice for the wedding. He doesn't like getting photos taken, but the camera is gonna be all over him on your wedding day. He might want to practice feeling more comfortable in front of a camera and this would be the perfect practice.

My FH didn't want them and I didn't care so we didn't do them. We don't really take a lot of photos or post photos of us together so I used an old photo of us for the STD. I did have to convince him to have a photographer for the wedding because he would have skipped that too. Check to see if the issue is copyright of the photographer using your photos for their advertising. Some people aren't ok with their image being used like that. You can always look for a photographer who agrees not to use your pictures like that/find a friend.

We did them because they were included in our package with our photographer. If they weren't included I don't know that we would have gone out of our way to pay for a separate engagement session. If yours are included in the package you chose with your photographer then I say do them. It was a great way to get to know our photographer and how well her style works with ours.

Like others have said, we skipped them because we felt they were unnecessary and an added expense we didn’t want or care about. FH actually didn’t know e pics were a thing. I told him I didn’t want to do them and asked how he felt, and he was like “people take engagement pictures? Why?” Lol

If I had wanted them he would have done them. And if he had wanted them, I would have done them. So if it’s important to you, I would ask your FH why he’s so against it. Maybe he’ll change his mind if he realizes this is something you really want.

We skipped them as well. FH hates pictures and we are already at the top of our budget for the wedding. I would have gladly gotten them but it wasn't something I cared about enough to push.

If he really doesn’t want them, don’t do them. Talk to him. Maybe it’s body issues. In no way would I have photos done now. And just a thought - if he feels like he is forced to do them and still doesn’t want to, that’s really going to come off in the pictures. We had family portraits done a long time ago. They were sprung on me last minute. I was told about how my hair wasn’t nice enough (I should have been wearing it down, but had I had more than like half an hours notice, it could have been). I didn’t want to do the pictures. Believe me, it shows and they’re not nice “memories.”

We are doing them because they are included in our package. FH hates getting his picture taken and didn't really want them. I convinced him because I wanted to feel comfortable with our photographer and have a trial run before the big day. He agreed that this makes sense and we've booked an appointment for June (when the weather is nicer).

I'd talk to your FH and see what his reservation is. If you usually have them done once a year I'm not sure what the change is this time. I could see him not wanting to do the regular mother's day shoot and an engagement shoot as an extra session but, you should do the yearly one if it is important to you.

Ours were included in our photography package and I am so glad we did them. My FH feels uncomfortable in front of the camera and we were able to get more comfortable with our photographer and learn what poses flatter us so our wedding day pictures will go a lot more smoothly.

Well, we decided to take engagement photos because we've never had professional photos taken before, and we do not have even decent selfies of ourselves 😂, Or other photos for that matter. We felt it would be the best way to get comfortable in front of the camera. It really helped on our wedding day. 😊 Since we bonded with our photographer before and gave us great advice in the several meetings before our wedding day.

The other reason we took engagement photos is because it helped our decision to cancel our contract with a photographer we had hired 2 years before our wedding that had steadily become unprofessional, unresponsive and made us doubt if she would even show up on our wedding day. Tried for over 5 months to schedule an engagement session with the photographer with a constant stream of excuses after another. Our new photographer got us scheduled for a session the same week met her.

We're taking them because these will be the only good pictures we have together before our wedding. My fiancé doesn't like taking pictures but we decided to do the engagement session to have so nice photos outside of our wedding ones.

My fiance wasn't super excited about taking pictures, but at the end of the session he thought it wasn't that bad, and we both love the pictures. We used them for our STDs, wedding website, Christmas gifts, and they're just fun to post on social media.

I would definitely do an engagement session to get to know the photographer and make sure it's the right fit. Then you won't have a complete stranger following you around on your wedding day.