Whether you’re a client of ours or you happened to have stumbled across this on your own, welcome! We wanted to put a resource guide together for couples seeking engagement photo pose ideas and the best engagement poses for couple sessions.
We believe it is the photographers’ responsibility to make couples look their best on the day of their engagement session! Our clients are typically not models and require some guidance when it comes to posing in front of the camera.
We’ve put together a collection of 4 super simple engagement photo poses to run through any engagement session. There are a variety of poses that can be created and stemmed from these initial 4 poses, but as long as we remember this simple foundation, we can do just about anything.
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The 4 Engagement Photo Poses
During our session, we will review and start with these basic 4 poses for engagement pictures and then work off of varieties before we dive into more advanced and candid styles of posing. The 4 basic poses we will cover are
- The Face Each Other
- The Prom Pose
- The Walk Run
- The T-Pose
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1. Face Each Other
The first and one of our favorites of all the engagement photo poses is to simply face each other. It’s SO easy and offers many engagement photo ideas that this particular pose can bring. In most cases, couples are standing fairly close to each other—chest to chest. However, in some instances, there might be a gap between the couple, but they are always still facing each other.
In the image below, the couple is looking directly at the camera—an excellent opportunity for capturing classic engagement poses for couple photos.
While in this pose, we have the couple share an embrace with each other.
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As demonstrated by the couple below, this simple pose can be performed sitting down or standing.
Of all the engagement photo poses you might be searching for, consider this simple pose! Just face each other. Magic will follow.
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2. Prom Pose
The second pose is a modern take on the traditional Prom Pose! Of all the best engagement photo poses, this one is a favorite as it has a funny sentimental root in most American high school prom experiences. For whatever reason, this was THE pose back in the day. We’ve included a couple of varieties below. The most typical variation of this pose we see is when the girl stands in front of the guy, and the guy pulls her into a tight hug!
In these examples of engagement poses for couple photos, the couples can interact with each other…
OR they can be facing the camera directly.
This pose is also fun for bringing out all the silly giggles!
In this variation, instead of the guy standing behind the girl, we see the reverse! I guess we’ll call this…. The Reverse Prom Pose.
This particular variation of the Prom Pose makes use of a railing. Any time we add in other elements to the image, we like to play with them. In this particular shot, we had the couple leaning up against the railing – but notice, they’re still in the Prom Pose!
This demonstrates another variety of the Reverse Prom Pose! Because of the couple’s height differences in this particular shot, the bride is the feature of this image! Great for showing off a nice close up.
When you’re looking for the best engagement photo posts, consider the Prom Pose or even the Reverse Prom Pose! It’s an oldie, but a goodie.
3. Walk/ Run!
If you’re looking for engagement photo ideas, the Walk Run is as simple as it sounds. It can be performed walking or running. Walking towards the camera, walking away from the camera. Walking with the camera. Running towards the camera, running away from the camera, running with the camera! You get the idea!
This gives our couples a chance to move in front of the camera! While posing is great, sometimes we like to move around a little bit. This gives our couples a chance to shake out any feelings of awkwardness and allows us to focus on the fun laughter that ensues.
This was photographed in downtown New Orleans and features the couple running side by side while engaging with each other—one of the more simple engagement poses for couple sessions that brings out natural emotion.
The same couple in the image below is enjoying a nice evening stroll through the streets of New Orleans.
This couple wanted to include their child dog as part of their engagement session! Although sometimes a little unpredictable, adding a pet to the engagement session adds an extra layer of dimension and fun personality! If thinking about including a pet, we always recommend having an additional person to tend to your pet.
While not professional models, this couple could have fooled us! And all they did was WALK towards the camera.
When looking for Engagement Poses Ideas, definitely consider the Walk Run! It’s so simple, but it works wonders. It’s definitely one you should have in your arsenal of poses for engagement pictures!
4. T-Pose
This last pose is perhaps one of the more difficult engagement photo poses to write about online, but SUPER easy to demonstrate and show in person! We give you the T-Pose! If you’re looking for creative engagement photo ideas, the T-pose will help your posing game grow by leaps and bounds!
In the T-pose, one partner stands facing the camera while the second partner stands facing the first. Their bodies together create the T-shape—a unique twist on simple engagement poses for couple sessions.
In this image below, we see the bride’s body facing the groom and the groom’s body facing the camera. Both of their eyes are on the camera, but they could just as easily be engaged with each other in this pose as well.
Meanwhile, looking in opposing directions will always add a touch of drama to your image.
Here, we see the exact same T-formation in that the groom’s body faces the camera and the bride’s body faces the groom. However, in this image, we see the bride and groom interacting with each other rather than looking at the camera.
This particular T-pose below is demonstrated while sitting down. Of all the poses for engagement pictures, this one is also one of the super easy ones!
If you’re looking for creative engagement photo ideas, definitely add the T-pose to your repertoire of poses. You’ll be glad you did!
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