Engagement Photos - Sort Of

So now that we're engaged, Cory and I have been getting into all the wedding planning stuff. We decided that maybe we could save on engagement photos by asking my Dad (who has taken a fair number of photography classes as a hobby) to do a photo shoot while we were down in San Diego.

Fountain at Balboa Park, San Diego

 Some of them turned out OK.

Hiding in a bush - you caught us!

But I quickly realized that the benefits of hiring a professional photographer are threefold:

1. They know how to find fun, romantic settings.

Statues of random men are not so romantic

 2. You can kiss in front of them without being weirded out.

An excellent setting with downtown behind us, but a slightly awkward kiss

3. They give excellent direction and have unique ideas about how to showcase your relationship (I assume).

Mosaic dragon in Balboa Park - this kind of works

Don't get me wrong, my Dad did a great job. I just think we need some more forceful direction. We can't be distracted by taking pictures where we're pretending to pet squirrels. It's just not announcement material.

This squirrel is so domesticated