When should we send out engagement photos?

I get asked this ALL the time... i came across this awesome article that I wanted to share:

"If you are planning on using your engagement photos on your save-the-date cards, make sure your photographer has them ready for you about nine months ahead of your wedding date, which is when you should send out your save-the-date cards. (If you don't know your wedding date and location at the nine-month mark, send them out as soon as you have those details.)

If you are planning on running your engagement photo in your local newspaper's engagement announcement section, find out from the editor when you need to have your photo and text sent in.

You do not have to mail your engagement photo by itself to friends and family. You may want to show them to both your immediate families, in case they want to order copies of them; but you do not need to mail them to your guests."

-brides.com