"Friendor" E-PIC Sessions!

There is one thing I am not ashamed to admit about my wedding planning thus far: I am not afraid to jump through hoops to save money on virtually ALL aspects of my wedding. Well, duh, you say. But no, really. I remember a month after being engaged Matt and I sat down and made a list of the different aspects of the wedding. I immediately began writing names of friends and family down next to each category. Photographer? My cousin is a  professional photographer, check. Flowers? I have many family members with big gardens and I know an organic farm that will do it for cheap, check. Cake? My best friend from Korea makes ridiculous cakes (for free!), check. Paper products? Another friend here in Korea is a graphic designer, check. There are so many aspects of this wedding that are coming together awesomely and CHEAPLY because of the wonderful people I hold close in my life. Score.

As far as the E-Pics go, Matt has a good buddy here in Korea that takes Tae-kwon-do with him that is an amateur photographer and happily agreed to take our engagement pictures. Not only did he agree, and we didn't have one engagement pic session, we had TWO. This kid is awesome.And did I mention we paid him the cost for dinner for two and gas? That's it :)

The first session we decided would be a bit more formal. We went to one of our favorite temples in Korea, just 35 minutes away from Daejeon: Gapsa:

NOTE: these pictures are not the originals, so the quality isn't the best.

Gapsa Temple

 And the next day, we dressed more casual and headed to Hanbat Botanical Gardens, which is just a 10 minute walk from our apartment:

I love you in English and Korean

Especially for engagement pics I highly recommend either getting a free shoot from your wedding photographer or asking a friend or family member! We loved how ours came out :)