In between writing your vows [1] and choosing the perfect video game-themed cake [2], get inspired for an engagement photo shoot that tells the story of you and your sweetie's love in a way all your own. Embrace the quirky side of your personalities and incorporate your mutual obsession with science fiction, comic books, and a certain bespectacled wizard.
Check out the adorkable engagement vignettes from real-life couples and their talented photographers in the gallery.
Show off your comic book street cred by holding the engagement photo session in a favorite bookstore.
Photo: Heather Kincaid [3]
Get into character by recreating a favorite science fiction film.
Photo: Michael James Photography [4]
Did you two bond over a geek-tastic interest? Include that first common bond in your engagement shoot like Alex and Kristel, whose love of manga influenced their action-packed photos.
Photo: Jervy Santiago [5]
A manga-styled romance leaves no detail forgotten.
Photo: Jervy Santiago [6]
With the bad guys defeated, it's time for happily ever after.
Photo: Jervy Santiago [7]
Want a retro vibe? Make like Bryan and Anne and put yourself right in the middle of a comic as classicly cool as Archie and the gang.
Photo: Jervy Santiago [8]
No need to choose just one hobby to include in the photo shoot; add them all, as seen in another Jervy Santiago photo shoot, which includes a love for both chess and The Simpsons.
Photo: Jervy Santiago [9]
Add a bit of comic book make-believe for a quirky take on the standard portrait session.
Photo: Jervy Santiago [10]
Animated love at the malt shop.
Photo: Jervy Santiago [11]
An engagement photo session is the time to let your personalities shine, right? Jess and Vince's adorable enthusiasm for each other and Harry Potter [12] comes through loud and clear in their shoot by Orange Turtle Photography [13].
Photo: Orange Turtle Photography [14]
The couple that reads Harry Potter [15] together, stays the coolest together.
Photo: Orange Turtle Photography [16]
Set the scene for your own engagement photo shoot with your favorite reads.
Photo: Orange Turtle Photography [17]
We love how Kitty and Ted's engagement photos by Orange Turtle Photography not only show off how cool of a couple they are, but also their favorite things, including the Incan Gold game and . . .
Photo: Orange Turtle Photography [18]
. . . their awesome musical abilities (check out that Hello Kitty guitar)!
Photo: Orange Turtle Photography [19]