Best Engagement Photo Ideas For Couples

When it comes to significant life chapters, you can never do too much planning. Your engagement with the love of your life is just as meaningful as your future wedding photos. You can store them in galleries or add them to wedding invitations. Don’t fret if you don’t know how to pose or where to do the photoshoot. You and your partner can take inspiration from the following concepts!:

1. Comfy At Home

If you’ve been living together in a home, it’s the perfect place to start. You can use the bedroom and lie together on a bed smiling at each other, or you can use other rooms in the home where you like spending time together. After all, it’s also the home you’ll be sharing the rest of your lives. You can decide to add wholesale flowers to the setting, have them on the dinner table, or place them near a bare wall and both of you can stand in front.

2. Highlight The Ring

The engagement ring is the symbol of pre-wedding bliss. The couple can stand blurred behind while the focus is on the bling on the bride-to-be's finger. You can choose how to best pose for this idea, but the center of attention must be on the ring itself. You can also pick from wedding inspirations and add a bouquet that the bride gets to hold and pose with. You can go for a flower crown as well, held by the groom while placing it on her bride’s head.   

3. Ocean Background

You can choose the beach as the location of your photoshoot. It’s a great choice if you both love the sun and the sand or the stunning backdrop. You can arrange for a wide-angled view during the sunset or even midday. If you’re shooting while the sun is going down, you can opt for a silhouette effect.

4. Profile Poses

What can be more romantic than sharing a kiss, an almost kiss, or a simple embrace? After all, you’re with the person you love, so intimate photoshoots are a great way to immortalize that. If you’re feeling a bit shy, look away from the photographer and focus on your partner.

5. Dress Up

Do you share a love for fashion? You can try to wear stylish clothes for a modern and artsy feel. Add some accessories to highlight the bride’s trendsetting personality. Depending on the outfits, choose from pearls, gold chains, or hoops.

If cosplay is your thing, such as period costumes, you may want to be at a location that corresponds to the clothing you’re wearing. If you like the roaring 20s, you can wear a gangster pinstripe suit and a flapper dress with matching headwear. How about the Victorian era? You can look for a location with a classic setting for the backdrop.

6. Back To Front Embrace

Another intimate pose that uses the height difference to showcase the closeness of the couple. The taller of the two can stand at the back, wrap arms around the shorter partner, or place their hands on the shoulders. They can look at each other and smile, then look to the front, or the shorter partner can lean back to the partner’s chest. Their facial expressions are the highlight here, so these poses are best if you want the photographer to capture your faces.

7. At The Park

A lovely backdrop of nature plus the park bench can create a romantic setting as well. Have the groom-to-be sit while the bride lays her head down on his lap. They can also do it vice versa, with the bride sitting on a blanket spread on the grass and the groom laying his head on her lap. They can do this with a tree behind them as well. It’s simple, but romantic.

8. Go For Playful

For the fun-loving couple, this is one of the most versatile themes. The bride can sit on a swing while gently being pushed by the groom. The groom can also carry the bride from behind or walk hand-in-hand in a field of flowers. If there’s snow on the location, they can both throw it upwards or go bobsledding together. The highlight should be on their expressions of fun and laughter.

You can also take advantage of the holidays and celebrations to create a romantic setting. Try a dinner for two for a Valentine’s Day photoshoot, or standing at the veranda overlooking fireworks during New Year’s Eve. It all depends on whether your engagement was set before a momentous occasion.

In Conclusion

Engagement photos need not be stressful. The best poses and locations are the most natural. All you need is to have the couple show their love for each other, partnered with backdrops that complement them. The sites may also be meaningful to their relationship. However the couple wants to do it, the most important consideration is that they both want the photoshoot and agree on how and where they want to do it.