08/14/2026
Should we have an engagement session?
It’s a question we get asked frequently on our vibe check (aka consult) calls. I usually answer with something to the effect of, “I’ll never tell you that you have to have one, but then can be great for practice and getting a feel it if you’ve never been professionally photographed before.” But I’ve been thinking a lot about another reason you should have one.
Your wedding day is a more stylized and curated representation of the two of you - and rightfully so. You deserve to wear a fancy outfit and eat fancy food to celebrate this milestone in your life. Your engagement session, however, can celebrate and memorialize the more mundane, everyday ways that you and your partner exist together. And I think there’s something so beautiful about that - it’s what makes up most of our lives together! It’s why I encourage my couples to choose a place that’s personal to them. I want it to feel like any old day or date night with your partner.
Take for example Mario and Liz. They’re getting married at Olio | Wedding & Event Space 🌈 next month, and we are so beyond stoked for it! When they booked their engagement session they knew they wanted to go to New Deal Fruit Inc. where they like to go to do some grocery shopping and get insanely delicious sandwiches. We also made time to hop over to a beach in the town Mario grew up in and Liz was welcomed into Mario’s family.
So if you’re still reading this:
A) let this be a sign to book the damn engagement session - or hell even just a regular old couples or family session
B) tell me where YOU would do your engagement sesh in the comments 👇🏻
