In Defense of Doing 4 Wedding-related Photo Sessions

Yes.  By the time our wedding is over, we will have been in a total of FOUR wedding-related photo shoots.  That's a lot. If you would have told me a year ago that we would be doing 4 separate wedding-related photo shoots, I would have laughed in your face and said, "Four photo shoots for what?" When we first got engaged, I didn't know "engagement sessions" and "boudoir sessions" and "day after sessions" and "trash the dress sessions" even existed.  But apparently getting engaged gives us license to channel our inner Tyra's... because pretty much every wedding blogger I know has participated in, or will eventually participate in at least TWO wedding-related photo shoots.  That shit's standard in today's wedding world. But to many, this seems a bit much. But for us, these photo shoots are a near necessity.  Why, you ask? Well, most of the pictures we have of us aren't exactly what you'd call "lovely." Let me explain what I mean by that.  For some odd reason, Mike and I never really owned a working digital camera in the 7 years we've been together.  So we've always relied on friends to take pictures of us with their cameras and share. BUT most of those times when we're with friends and pictures are involved, we're all pretty loaded, and/or holding/double-fisting some sort of alcoholic beverage, in addition to making silly faces. So a lot of the shots we get of ourselves end up looking like we're a couple of weirdo drunks who really think each other are *like* so hawt n stuff.

Case in point:

The "Britt is secretly drinking booze on the city bus and Mike isn't paying attention" shot.

The "Mike is wearing a neon ski jacket from the 80's" shot.

The "Making out at a bar, I look like I'm eating Mike's face" shot.

The "look at my boobs and stop texting" shot.

The "we're only smoking cigarettes because we're drunk" shot.

The "end of the night drunk and sleepy" shot.

The "drunken Halloween, Mike's in a Santa Suit" shot.

The "Look at this big-ass plate of meat" shot.

The.... um... yeah. This one's just weird.

Oh, and then there's the "pit stain" shots:

Yes. That is booze Mike is holding.

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE these pictures. LoveLoveLove these pictures.  But come on. I want some pictures of us without booze in our hands. And without silly looks on our faces.  So I for one am very excited for our upcoming wedding-related photo shoots. We've already done one shoot with the fabulous Holly Steen of Cakes and Kisses Wedding photography (if you missed those set of stylized beauts, click here). And the final three shoots will be done with our uber-balls talented wedding photog Nicole Polk.  With her, we are doing an engagement shoot, a wedding day shoot, and a day-after shoot. It sounds like a lot, but I know that we will be oh so very thankful to have these images of us for years and years to come.  So when we show our kids our wedding pictures (um, like 15 years from now. haha.), we'll say to them, "yeah, we were pretty hot back in the day." And then of course when they're older, we'll show 'em the drunk pics.

Are you guys planning on participating in multiple wedding-related photo sessions?