Are Engagement Photos a Waste?

I regret I didnt do them because, like you said, its nice photos of you and your fiance. I also dont have any frame worthy ones of us, so to me, I dont see them as a waste.

At first FH and I were dead-set against engagement photos. I thought they'd be a waste of money. Then my photographer mentioned they were included in our package. She explained that she loved engagement photos because they give you a memento of this special time. You can also use them fro STDs, wedding invites, etc. I think it's totally up to you! After seeing so many great engagement photos on WW, though, I'm happy we're going to have them done!

My best friend took my e-pics so no waste at all. I know plenty of people who preferred not to spend the money though

Eh we're not good at posing and I hate all of our posed photos, even our wedding ones, so in our case they're a waste.

We didn't do engagement photos and I don't regret it. I didn't see a need for them, I only really care about the professional pictures for the wedding day. We took some pics ourselves with a camera and a tripod to use for Save the Dates and that was good enough for us!

Personal preference, we didn't do them because we wanted to put the money towards other things and it's a second marriage for both of us. But if you want them you should do them.

Worth it IMO! You get NICE pics of yourselves as a couple, from a real photographer, which is way better than you could get with just anyone taking your picture with a nice camera. I was skeptical myself, but decided to do it so that my wedding photographer can get to know us and to what we like and also to see our venue before the wedding. I didn't think I'd use the epics. However, even though I am TOTALLY unphotogenic, a bunch of them came out really nice and I am using them in my photo guestbook and on my save the date.

We only did them because they were included in our photography package. They did make for nice gifts to our parents.

A friend of mine did ours, and i paid her in dinner/drinks/and a hotel stay. she was okay with the dinner and drinks, my FH and i had a gift certificate we would never use for the hotel so we also gave that to her, as well. If you could get someone close to you to take them, and just edit them yourself (if you want them edited) i would totally say go for it!

Personally, I think you are paying for a Facebook album. Everyone knows you are engaged already and after your wedding you will have more pictures of yourself than you will know what to do with. My family did professional pictures summer of 13' so FH and I have professional pictures together already. We didn't want to do another round of them.

I do understand if you are doing Save the Dates with a picture though.

I think they're totally worth it. Though I will say older people (like my parents and I assume your FH parents) hve never heard of them. My parents thought it was a weird idea but loved them. I love mine.

We weren't going to do them, initially. We won them at a silent auction for charity (rather, my mom won them for us as a surprise). Looking back, I think it was worth it if we had done our research and chosen our photographer. The package was a bit shady. Who on earth is paying $40 per 4x6?? NOT THIS GIRL.

I think they're worth it just to have nice photos of you and FH. They mark the start of an important transition in your life! Ask the photographer you won the shoot with if you can get all of the copies on digital. Then you can get your prints done on the cheap at Walgreens or somewhere online like mpix.com.

We got them done. We gave them out as nice presents for our parents, grandparents, aunts/uncles, etc. We'll put a few out at our wedding. It is nice having some special photos in a special location with just normal clothes on haha.

We did our own (with a tripod). Neither of us felt it was worth it to spend that money, and we don't have many photos of ourselves either. It's up to you though and your budget. Some people just like posting them on facebook, which seems like a horrible waste of money.

Definitely a personal preference! I'm a #selfie QUEEN and FH knows this. However we did not have any professional pic together which I wanted for our wedding website and STDs. So yea, I did them and love them! :-)

I LOVE my engagement photos! I think they are so worth it! I would have regretted not doing them I think Good luck with getting them on board

I really love ours. It was $300 for them, but the digital prints were free. We are using the photos in our guestbook. Also, it's a great way to see how your photographer captures you on your big day.

I am not a fan of them. They tend to come out looking cheesy and very possed. I tend to be awkward in pictures so I passed on them. I have seen some cute ones. I would say if it is free then do it, I am sure you could pick out a few to be printed and it wouldn't cost too much.

My cousins highly recommended them. Firstly, my cousin is shy and it helped her to be comfortable during her wedding photography shoot by practicing and getting to know the photographer better. Secondly, they apparently look AWFUL when they kiss. They tried all sorts of ways at the engagement shoot but couldn't figure out how to do it without squishing their noses awkwardly (Jewish noses...). They were happy that they didn't waste that time on the day of the wedding trying to get a kissing shot; instead, they focused on the poses that they knew would work!

We are getting them (they were in our package, but I was looking for them to be included). FH is super outgoing but I'm an introvert who hates getting my pictures taken. I think it will help me feel more comfortable. We are going to do some fun creative things to make it more bearable, and we hope to use one for our invites.