Nothing will humble you like a bad expectation versus reality pic.
One couple who wanted to recreate a perfect Pinterest image soon found out that it’s harder than it looks.
Alyssa Snodsmith, 23, and Collin Hewett, 24, who met while studying at university in Chicago, Illinois, decided to celebrate their engagement in style.
The couple – who have been together for three years – got engaged in August, with a wedding date set for June 2020.
With the invites going out for the big day, the couple wanted to take a few special pictures to send out to family and friends.
Taking to Pinterest for inspiration, Alyssa found a picture that had the perfect amount of whimsy she wanted to recreate.
So they grabbed their photographer friend Chandler Lefever and got to work, hoping to imitate a champagne-chugging couple.
Their muse was the work of Brianna Bender who captured another couple’s Insta-worthy shot of fizz being poured effortlessly into the woman’s mouth.
When Alyssa and Collin tried it, however, they made a whole mess. But they saw the funny side.
Collin soon shared the picture on Twitter where it immediately went viral, racking up almost 500,000 likes.
‘So me and Alyssa took our engagement pictures yesterday,’ he wrote. ‘She found a Pinterest picture that she wanted to try and recreate…I botched it.’
In their version of the pics, the fizz got all over Alyssa and photographer Chandler managed to snap her at the exact moment.
He knew he struck gold as far as funny engagement pictures go but didn’t want to reveal it to the couple till he edited it.
Once they did see it, they were thoroughly entertained.
Collin told Metro.co.uk: ‘We love our version! It just shows who we really are! We’re always having fun and joking around and it was cool that it got captured.
‘Neither of us ever got annoyed or upset… thankfully. We just laughed it off and embraced the fact that nothing is ever going to be perfect!’
Luckily, Alyssa had a second outfit at the ready so they were able to get those stunning shots in the end.
But little did she know that the inspo couple she found on Pinterest also had a tough time getting that perfect shot.
Photographer Brianna tells Metro.co.uk: ‘Our champagne shot wasn’t totally planned! Alex and Tammy (clients) brought a bottle and popped it open to drink on the blanket during the shoot.
‘It was kind of a spur of the moment, I yelled at Alex to pour some in her mouth. He made sure to pour nice and slow but did actually end up spilling some on Tammy.’
Clearly champagne photoshoots are no picnic.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/24/couples-engagement-photoshoot-recreating-pinterest-picture-goes-so-wrong-10971000/
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