Engagements Part 2 -How To Coordinate Outfits

Cakes: @kennascakes // Photos: Cecilia Harvard Photography // Outfits: Me, Skirt: c/o ChicWish // Top: Express // Mitch, Top: American Eagle // Pants: American Eagle

Hey guys, here comes Part 2 of our lovely engagement session with Cecilia! I'm sure you're all going to be sick of seeing engagement photos by the time I'm done sharing them but Cec did such a great job and there were just too many to cram all into one post. Anyway, buckle yer seatbelts because we've got Part 2 today and Part 3 later this week. :) 

With this post I thought I'd share some tips on choosing the perfect engagement outfits! 

PICK AN AESTHETIC OR FEEL FOR YOUR SHOOT THAT REFLECTS BOTH OF YOUR STYLES

The biggest thing is probably to decide whether you're going to go for casual looks, semi-formal, or formal. This totally is dependent upon your own styles and whatever makes you both feel the most comfortable and yourselves. These photos are all about reflecting your unique relationship! If, like me, you're all about long flowing dresses, then floor-length dress that ish up! If you're more about jeans and a white pair of converse, then do you babe and rock them sneakers!

CHOOSE YOUR COLOR PALETTE

Once you know if you're going casual or dressy, it's time to pick a color palette. A good thing to keep in mind is your complementary colors. These are colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel. For instance, for Part 1 of our session (here) we were wearing more color. Mitch was in varying tints and shades of blue and I was in a burnt orange kind of color. Blue and Orange are complementary colors. For our looks in today's photos we were going for a more muted palette so we kept our colors to whites, beiges, and grays. 

DON'T BE TOO MATCHY-MATCHY

As great as the 90s were and as awesome as their comeback is, I sure am grateful we're over the all in denim or matching sweater-sets phase of photography, haha. If you're all in black don't put your beau all in black, you don't want to be wearing the same exact colors top and bottom. Doing this will make you both look like conjoined twins or an awkward blob in your snuggly or smoochy photos. Ain't nobody got time for that. ;) It's ok to be in similar colors but just as a rule of thumb, if you're wearing a white top put him in a colored top or something a little bit darker and vice-versa. 

DRESS FOR YOUR LOCATION

This is one thing I completely over-looked doing and I really regret it. Mitch and I picked out our own locations so I thought I had planned outfits that would work. However, I somehow forgot that the foliage in our locations would be very tall. Although I was wearing a floor-length dress and skirt, I should have brought leggings to wear underneath because trekking through those tall grasses with exposed legs got me some pretty bad poison ivy rashes. Therefore, if you're able to stake out your locations before-hand, DO IT and plan your outfits accordingly so you're not at risk for rashes or any other elements! 

Well, friends, that's all I've got for you today. If any of you are newly engaged and planning your photos, I hope this helps! 

Much love!