Engagement photos/save the dates

I think it's fine to take them soon. You will have to wait to get them back from the photographer. Are you having a DW wedding? If it's a local wedding I would say send them out 6 months before. I'm having a DW and sent them out 10 months before. ETA: you also don't have to use engagement pics for STDs. I didn't with mine but I also am not doing E-pics.

We're getting married 10/7/17. Our engagement photos are 10/16/16..for the same reason, decent Midwest weather and I figured that would give the photographer time to edit and get the proofs out to us so we could order the save the dates. I think you'll be fine, better to be early and have them done rather than stressing out about not sending them in time to your guests! Hope that helps :-)

So I'm in a similar boat me and fiance aren't getting married til 2019 but we are planning are engagement photos for either this fall or next you can take your engagement photos when ever you feel

If you are ready to take them then go for it! No reason to wait on those imo

I am getting married the weekend before you and we are doing our engagement photos this September but sending our save the dates our in January to our guests

We took our engagement pictures right when we got engaged, nearly two years ago. I don't think it matters when you take them!

Thanks guys! Guess we will look to doing engagement photos this fall and sending them sometime the beginning of next year.

Fall photos! Some people don't take engagement photos and some do. Do what is right for you and your fiance. I did mine in the winter but I didn't send save the dates. We though it was an added pointless cost.

We'll be taking ours next month and we are getting married in January. I just plan to use them on the wedding website and possibly have a few blown up to use at the reception on the guestbook table.

Luckily our engagement session is included in our photography package so we will definitely be having one, just wasn't sure as to when was the best time! I hate being cold outside lol. I just saw some cute save the date post cards and it had engagement photos on it and I would love to do something similiar.

Haha, I've been wondering if it's too late to take my engagement photos! We all worry too much. ;-)

I did engagement pictures back in May and our wedding is not till May 28,2017 but I got different save the dates to send out cuz ppl have to fly in here and wanted to make sure they have enough notice! Actually sent save the dates beginning of May and our photo gives me a chance to play around with them cuz I'm going to do a slide show at wedding n want some in black/white....

We're doing our engagement pics this Oct and will be sending out save the dates soon after our wedding is next Oct

We only used 1 professional photo on our std and 2 candids. 1 was a selfie at our first concert together, 1 was our first picture as a couple and then a professional one of us kissing.

I took mine in May 2015 for my October 2016 wedding. I personally think they should be taken shortly after getting engaged. When people take them 3 months before the wedding I wonder what the point is since they will have professional pictures taken of them soon after.

Have you seen the awesome engagement pics that a couple took in a snow storm? They were great. Or you can do them inside if the weather is not cooperating.

You can take your E-pics whenever you would like. I did mine last October, so a year before the wedding.

Good timing for STDs to go out is 6-8 months in advance of your wedding date.

Engagement pictures can be taken any time during your engagement.

We did an engagement shoot a few months after getting engaged but waited over a year to set a wedding date. Most photographers do a complimentary engagement session with a wedding package so we did another since it was included. Our wedding is next august and we just did our photos july 28th that we will use for save the dates. Neither of us change much over the years and unless you get a major hair cut or dye it a crazy color no one will notice.

You can do your pictures whenever! Definitely take advantage of the weather and scenery when planning your e pic timeline