NYC ENGAGEMENT SESSION
MANHATTAN COUPLE SESSION | CENTRAL PARK ENGAGEMENT | TIME SQUARE | NYC WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER | SUPER 8 FILM
When I started planning an NYC engagement session with Taylor and Jake, we decided on making it feel like a classic NYC date. Crowd and all! We were initially planning for a different time of day, but when plans had to change, we had to work with a few more people around (or a lot). Instead of sticking to one backdrop, we decided to make an adventure out of it — exploring Central Park, hopping on the subway, and finishing in the heart of Times Square. One of the many things I love about this city, is that even when you’re surrounded by people, you can still have your own love story in the middle of the hustle and bustle that’s midtown.
Central Park Stroll
We started in Central Park, wandering down tree-lined paths and stopping at iconic spots like umpire rock. We made our way to some empty park benches as snuggled and took in the views and people watched. Taylor and Jake laughed and held hands and while Taylor isn’t the biggest fan of PDA, the city makes you feel like you’re in your own little bubble.
Street Food & Subway Adventures
From the park, we made our way to a classic New York food cart — because no NYC engagement session is complete without a pretzel or hot dog in hand. They shared bites of food before we hit the subway. Boy, was it a hot weekend in the city. I took them on their first subway adventure and while every part of me loves going to the upper west side, we made our way to the hustle and bustle… the heart of NYC, Time Square.
Times Square Energy
By the time we surfaced in midtown, the neon lights of Times Square had fully taken over. Taylor and Jake grabbed a slice of pizza, sat on the curb, and people-watched in the middle of all the chaos. It was their favorite part of the night — an ordinary New York moment that somehow felt extraordinary. We ended the evening with a subway ride back toward their car with a lingering buzz that only midtown Manhattan provides.
Why Choose an NYC Engagement Session
What I loved most about this day was how it truly captured Taylor and Jake’s personalities. Engagement photos don’t have to be stiff or staged. Nothing editorial here— they can look like a real date, complete with food carts, pizza, and subway rides. That’s the magic of an NYC engagement session: it’s a chance to freeze your love story in a city that’s alive, unpredictable, and endlessly photogenic. You can dress up, dress down, go to your favorite cafes, wait for city lights at night, find rooftops, have morning dates with coffee, find iconic backdrops like the Brooklyn Bridge, cruise your neighborhood, take the subway to Canal St and date your way through Chinatown. The city let’s you do anything!
If you’re dreaming of your own NYC engagement session — whether in Central Park, the subway, rooftop, Brooklyn — I’d love to capture it for you!
