First Things First: Engagement Fotos

Mr. Tortolito's proposal was timed perfectly; we were ten days away from a trip to Mexico and the excitement from being newly-engaged would make our summer vacation double as an engagement celebration. Prior to the engagement, anything related to wedding planning was foreign to me. So, I spent the next couple of days stuffing my brain with all things wedding. During this time I learned about "Engagement Pictures" and their popularity. While it's one of those things that is absolutely not necessary, I thought it would be a fun experience for Mr. Tortolito and I. We had never taken professional pictures together and we were on our way to one of our favorite places: Mexico. Why not have an "on location" photo session?!

Luckily, Mr. Tortolito agreed with the idea. Our vacation consisted of a trip to the state of Guanajuato. One of the towns we would be visiting was San Miguel de Allende. Mr. Tortolito and I had heard so many good things about this town and how picturesque it was. It's a popular destination wedding location for those searching for an old Mexican pueblo feel for their wedding. Thanks to this, the concept of finding a good and reliable photographer was pretty realistic. Except we had less than 10 days to secure one! I'm sure you can imagine my haste as I emailed any San Miguel de Allende photographers I could get contact info for telling them "Hey, we're gonna be in your town in 7 days. Care to take our picture?"

Well, that same day I received a response from a photographer named Michael Amici. He was originally from Texas living in San Miguel de Allende doing his photography thang, and he seemed more than willing to take our engagement pictures. Yeeah-uh! The rest was easy-peasy: we agreed on a date, got his digits just in case, and were told where exactly we should meet.

The day came and we finally met our destination-engagement-foto-photographer! We started out the session in a public patio area.

Um. Hi. We've never taken cool, posed, all-professionalish pictures together. What do we do?

"Just kiss n' stuff"

"And look at each other all cute. Yea, things like that. Be natural."

Alright, alright. I think we got this down. Let's take it to the pole.

What, more action? Psssshhhh!

We moved the party to a spot in front of a cool brick wall...


Then we borrowed some local residents' front porches....



...and worked the camera with some Tortolitos formal shots.


I'll end this photo recap here, but there are plenty more where these came from. Stay tuned for the second installment of the Engagement Fotos: "we're ready for our closeup, Michael;" Mr. Amici gives us a work out; and a handful of our favorites!

Did you know what engagement pictures were before planning a wedding, or am I just weird like that?

{{All photos by Michael Amici photography}}