Shall We Engage...Again?

WAY too early on a Sunday morning during a late April heat wave, Mr. Swan and I had our engagement shoot with our photographer, Dante Williams. We decided on South Street Seaport, which is quaint yet touristy little area right on the water in lower Manhattan. It was good to get there early as it can be a total mob scene during the weekend. 

Let me start by saying that Mr. Swan and I  are not supermodels by any stretch of the imagination. NOBODY tells you how hard taking pictures can be.  Yes, it should be easy to just sit there....but it wasn't. I think we were just having a hard time relaxing. Needless to say we started off pretty slow, BUT by the end of the session we actually go to be pretty good (either that or Dante was just messing with us). I also think Mr. Swan enjoyed an excuse for PDA early in the morning. In the end, I'm glad that we chose to do engagement pictures, so that we could get used to being photographic subjects for Dante and get over our shyness. 

The results? AMAZING. Here are some of my favorites (Oh yeah, the blonde guy is Mr. Swan):

 

All Images Courtesy of Dante Williams

Shall We Engage?

Some time after picking our photographer I began thinking about engagement pictures. Engagement pictures you may ask? I did not even know what they were until I started reading wedding blogs. I realize that I've never really talked much about my wedding helpers (the "vendor" word seems so distant to me) much less mentioned our photographer, Dante Williams. 

I really enjoyed our photographer search, and I'll definitely lay it out here. It may sound weird, but I always thought that Dante would be our photographer. I had discovered him while looking at the website of the wedding planning team from Always a Bridesmaid. Dante began his wedding photography by taking many of the detail shots from many of the weddings that they designed and coordinated.  I remember seeing a great picture of a couple near the Brooklyn Bridge. I immediately Googled Dante and loved much of what I saw. 

While taking pictures for the fun of it is not something I normally do, I've realized recently that Mr. Swan and I  have very few pictures together. Sad, isn't it? I thought it would be nice to have pictures from this special time in our life together. It also helps that it was part of the package that Dante offered (although now he no longer has set packages but can put one together for you). 

Here are some of the engagement pictures Dante has done recently that I've absolutely loved. Engagement pictures, anyone?

(source for all pics)