09/08/2026
Erin & Cody’s portrait session is the perfect example of why I love engagement photos!
While most engagement sessions are scheduled around 6 months out from the wedding day, for Erin & Cody that wasn’t a possibility. Coming from Florida, they had limited opportunities to make it up to Ohio. Rather than just scrapping their session altogether, we decided to capture their portraits the week of their wedding. Why, you might ask?
Engagement sessions are about more than capturing beautiful portraits of the two of you (though that’s certainly a nice perk ☺️). They give couples a chance to get comfortable in front of the camera and to practice posing techniques we’ll use on the wedding day. They give me a chance to learn mannerisms and the way you interact with one another in person. And they give us a chance to build rapport before the wedding day itself.
For Erin and Cody, much of this came naturally. They’re charming and play off of each other really well. But even then, it was so obvious a few days later when their wedding rolled around that they had been practicing many of the techniques we worked on during their engagement session. This made it easier for us to be more efficient with our time on the wedding day, fretting more space for the things that really matter - time with the people you love and building memories that will last forever!
Erin & Cody, you guys are awesome!
