{Real E-shoot} Seth + Katerina
Today our real wedding/engagement feature comes to you all the way from New York, yo! Ohhhh, fuggedaboutit! No, just kidding, don’t fuggedaboutit….listen carefully to this brilliant broke-ass bride. Katerina (I wish I could call her K-Lo from the block, but I’ll refrain) decided that in order to be a money saving maven, she would have to come up with way to trim her budget wedding cost. But how? Forego a wedding dress and get married in the nude? Illegal. Give up having food at the wedding and make her guests starve? Cruel. No. None of the above.
Katerina looks bubbly and colorful in her printed dress. I love a girl who's not afraid of color!
She and fiance Seth decided to have their college friend, Nanxi take their engagement photos, rather than skipping it altogether. If you have a family member or friend that can take photos and you’re looking to save a few bones, ask your creative bud to take the photos for you as your wedding gift. It’s the perfect excuse to exploit your friends talents and creativity.
Barefoot in black and white on the Brooklyn Bridge. Say that five times fast. I dare you.
Also? Katerina said that because Nanxi was such a good friend, they really felt relaxed and uninhibited in front of the camera, and it is certainly important to be able to be yourself in your engagement pictures.. Katerina and Seth offered suggestions of where to shoot and they also chose some cute (and extremely tasty) props. Katerina and Seth love to travel and explore, especially in their new home of New York.
Seth is ready to nosh on his delicious prop while Katerina politely poses with her tasty treat.
They took in the food, culture, and architecture of their new abode and incorporated that into their photos. Katerina is cute and colorful, so it’s only fitting that she and Seth’s engagement photos portray just that! They started at the Brooklyn Bridge, and then meandered over to Washington Square Park and finally ended up at West Village.
Katerina has replaced her love of Seth with her love of art and books in this photo.
And of course, Katerina and Seth couldn’t pass up sneaking a cupcake into their photos from their favorite bakery, Crumbs. Seriously, if you don’t have a Crumbs bakery near you, I highly suggest having a cuppy-cake shipped to you, they are that good. Your hips and booty will hate you, but your mouth will do a happy dance. Katerina knows this because she and Seth can hardly walk by the bakery without needing to split a cupcake.
A perfect day for a photoshoot and a lil' picnic in the park!
I LURVVVVE this pic of Katerina and Seth on the steps! Gaw-juss!
Nanxi did a fabulous job photographing these two! It can be stressful having to trust a friend to do something important like this for you, but it’s a perfect Broke-Ass example of getting creative instead of sacrificing!
Do you have a friend who is contributing to your wedding? Are they taking your photos? Baking your cake? Let us know!
We had one of our great friends take our engagement pics. It was a blast! We brought umbrellas (it was supposed to rain) and top hats. We really felt comforable around her because she's seen us act up before! I can share those with you if you'd like!
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If everyone had such talented friends, the photographers would be out of a job lol!
i'm the bridesmaid who will be taking bridal portraits, and shooting the parts of the wedding i am not in! ah!! i'm honored by my sis's faith in my ability, but a wee bit daunted too (first 'formal' photoging i will be doing)
Their friend is a fabulous photographer! Having that be a wedding gift is a great idea – saves money for both parties! Some of my friends are really in to photography, I’ll have to keep this idea for later use!
I love the shots, quite natural and the photographer did a great job of capturing the sweetness of the couple.Great job.
My boy's sister was nice enough to take our engagement photos. It was fun and free! We chose to take them in our neighborhood with three separate backdrops: the local garden nursery for outdoorsy shots, the light rail train station for urban shots and a few on our Vespa for some action shots. I definitely recommend doing your own E-shots or better yet just using some awesome photos of you from your life together already.
Most of the decent wedding photographers I know include a complimentary engagement (e-session) for the couple prior to the wedding day… hmm, if they don't, then I'd definitely consider finding another photographer =)
Just my 2 cents
Ryan