Moriah Riona Weddings | Colorado Springs Wedding Photographer and Designer: Engagement

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Colorado Wedding Photographers : Sneak Peek

Here's a little teaser of our most recent engagement session with Amanda & Brad. Full post coming soon!

Friday, December 11, 2009

Colorado Wedding Photographers - Our Thoughts... "Should I do an Engagement Session?"

I've had a few brides who were undecided as to whether or not they wanted to do an engagement session and so I thought it was time to post about it! The benefits are definitely plentiful but in the end, the decision is yours and if you feel like it 'just isn't your thing' - then, trust yourself! However, here is a short little post about some of the great reasons to consider booking your engagement session...

First, and I truly believe most importantly, is that an engagement session allows you the chance to get to know your photographer and how s/he works before the stress of your big day. You can see if you truly like their style and if what they produce for you is up to par with what they are displaying on their website. You definitely don't want to be surprised when you get your wedding photos back! Think of it as a "second interview" - you've made it past the initial consultation and now it is time to see your photog in action! I can surely atest to the importance of the e. session from the stand point of the photographer and also being a bride myself.

As a photographer I personally looooove e. sessions! They are so much fun. I get to know my clients so much better with time to ourselves and less pressure of the where to be and when of a wedding day. I never understood how important this was until Eric and I did one session with a potential bride and groom who were so shy and obviously uncomfortable in front of the camera. I was actually thrown off by their bashfulness but by the end everyone was laughing and they were posing like Vouge models instead! It ended up being one of my favorite e. sessions! And I was so glad that all of the camera-shy butterflies were gone by their wedding day because they now felt comfortable with us.

When I was a bride I had so much trouble finding a photographer because... well, I'm a photographer and have very high expectations! We thought that we had found someone who we really liked and we were actually ready to sign a contract when we decided to do an e. session first. Although the photos were wonderful, both Eric and I were so turned of by this particular photogs' dismal work ethic and attitude that we decided to find someone else. We ended up going with Michele, from MMB Photography - The best decision ever! If you would like to see some of our wedding pics on her gorgeous blog click here.

Other than scoping out your potential photog, there are many other great reasons to do an e. session...

Save-The-Dates

Eric & Moriah Photography now offers custom designed save-the-date postcards on our lucious choice of papers! However, if you purchase a disc of images you can even create your own! How much fun! Save-the-dates are so important now, especially with the long engagements that we are seeing. Your guests want to know when they need to be requesting time off from work and purchasing their plane tickets and save-the-dates are a very classy way to clue them in.

Announcements
It used to be that people announced their engagment in the local newspaper with a portrait of the bride-and-groom-to-be. I don't know if a lot of people still do this; we chose not to but I remember going through my mom's hope chest one day to find the clipping of her and my father's engagment from their home newpaper. It was pretty cool! More likely, you will change your facebook status and have a fabulous new gallery of all of your engagment photos!!

Guest Book
Okay, now one of my favorites... custom designed guest books!! I love them. Yes we offer them and we even made one for our own wedding. It is so great to pull out and look at some of our favorite engagement photos along with signatures and kind words signed from friends and family.

Other Uses
I love seeing how our brides and grooms use their engagement photos. One really awesome idea that we got was from Bethany & Reuben and their wedding that we did back in July. They framed a bunch of their favorite e. session pics that we did and had them beautifully displayed with candles on a table to welcome guests to their reception:

Another great use of engagement photos is displaying them on your wedding website. It is a more personal touch that you can share with your guests.

Well, that was me, shedding a little light on the mystery of the e. session :-) If you're interested and would like to see more engagement photography, visit our website, and look at our engagement gallery under our portfolio section.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Natalie & Lenny - Engagements

It was a snowy, cold, icy afternoon but you would never know that the temperature was dismal because Natalie and Lenny were positively glowing. We are so looking forward to shooting their wedding in the lovely and very warm month of July - just a week before our own! We snuck down to their church just a few weeks ago to take some test shots and it was so beautiful - I just can't wait to see it all come together! We are so excited!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Jessica & Nathan - Engagement

We had so much fun photographing this lovely couple in their recommended location - An awesome park that we all had fun exploring! They are such a lovely and in love couple that we cant wait to be their wedding photographers in May of 2009! - By the way, Happy New Year! Eric and I are so excited by the wonderful things we will accomplish in this coming year. Our business is growing so quickly and we feel so blessed. Our first wedding job is coming up in a few weeks and we can't wait to share some of the images with you! Stay tuned for the wonderful weddings and other sessions we will be capturing this year!

Here is the lovely couple -

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Zach & Mekenna - Engagement

Eric and I just received the kindest Christmas card from our clients, Zach and Mekenna:

"Eric & Moriah
Thank you so much for being great photographers. We love the pictures we've seen and look forward to doing our wedding pictures.
Thanks a million,
Zach & Mekenna"

Here is more praise we received from them right after they viewed their photos:
"Dear E&M,
We LOVED our pictures. They turned out great. We're so excited. We DEFINETELY want you guys for the wedding."
Here are Zach and Mekenna's lovely autumn engagement photos which they speak so highly of. Enjoy!

Awesome!

That Faith Hill song pops in my head when I look at this one... "Oooh I love the way - you love the way - you love me..."

Check out the BLING on that ring!

This is so cool - Zach is a bridge engineer and together we found this beautiful bridge - a fitting back drop for the beautiful couple!

Seriously?... Did I mention, BEAUTIFUL!

A real fashionista! I wanted her to pay us in shoes!

Beautiful...

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Bethany & Reuben

Of the autumnal months, November resonates within me. There is a subtle beauty in the way she provides a gracious transition into the colder, darker days of winter. November brings us a culmination, an opportunity to appreciate those things that seem so fleeting. How apt that we dedicate, in this month, a day of just giving thanks. It is the obvious which we congratulate, health and happiness, but do we remember to say thanks for the precious little things that fill every day with discovery? Sunday, Eric and I discovered, again, the magic of that which we do... capture the magic between two so deeply in love.

Bethany and Reuben's engagement session fell on a beautifully overcast day that highlighted the amazing colors of the season. I am still warmed by the shades of the scenery and even more by the chemistry between the gorgeous couple. Their adoration for one another saturates every picture...

I love this picture! Reuben was constantly thinking up fun poses... and I don't think he knew that I caught him doing this one... but I did! And doesn't Bethany look like she's a model on a runway??