This was in their apartment: a New York City snow globe, in their bathroom with subway tile, and Melissa’s ring!

The oasis in the city….

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AHHHHHH!!!! I just love this little guy. So serious! So regal! So formal! The kicker is that Melissa’s Mom altered the tux since it was too big!!!!

You may get upstaged on your engagement shoot if you have a small dog in clothes. I am a sucker for clothed animals! Check out his tails

Back to Central Park for me! Way to use my Central Park app, right?? Oh and I was! We had the best pairing of people this day- Susannah (one of my oldest friends who used to live in the city) and Shaun were like our directors- and Melissa and I just chatted along and had no sense of direction! I’m so glad I wasn’t alone in my directional ignorance, so thanks for keeping me company Melissa!

Well. You go to Central Park? You go to the Bethesda Fountain! The only reason I know the name??? MY IPHONE APP!!!! I love technology, my brain doesn’t always retain stuff so good…

Our unofficial theme of the day turned out to be ‘Music in the Park’ you’ll see…!

I was all over this saxophone player!!

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One of my favorite places to shoot and people watch, for real! There is always so much going on here, it’s like a movie set…. not to mention the light never disappoints… and neither do my clients!

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A guitarist? A cello? la la la!

More cuddling, more beautiful light

In New York , and pretty much everywhere, there are people- most of the time they are completely oblivious to what I am doing, whether I am shooting or not. So I really love to incorporate life as it goes on around me.

Enter this crazy fit runner guy! We were marveling at how fast he was running UP all of the stairs! We saw him do it 5 times, he could have done more, but I caught him on his last loop! He was nuts!

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Runner number 2: aka George Costanza! That is who this guy looked like, which is why we were giggling.

But, life rule number 12: never, ever laugh at overweight people exercising.

For real! Because you, the laugher are most likely sitting on your BUTT while you are laughing. Yeah, have another corn dog! Plus it’s not nice to judge people on stupid stuff like that; and lastly, it’s just not nice behavior to be all judgy and stuff!

So off we go to the bandshell in Central Park, because I just love to take pictures there… and there is a concert! More music!

Ahhhhh….. the Mall in Central Park is like being in another place in time, the gravel walkway, the benches, the trees…. it’s even quieter here!

uh oh….these two are getting comfortable, right? I love it!!

I love how it looks like there is no one there but them!! SO not the reality!!

Back to the music….. this is a good moment here…. So while shooting I hear one of my favorite songs by Bruce Springsteen ‘Hungry Heart’ and I am all like ‘OH MY GOD THIS IS MY FAVORITE BRUCE SONG!” Which is nice in and of itself. However. The music was coming from two grown people dressed at Batman and Superman walking with a boom box, playing this song! Check out their faces as they see them! Shaun adn I actually started trying to chase them down, but those two superheroes were walking super fast!

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Then we are off to another of my favorite spots….The Brooklyn Bridge!! HOLLA!

Sometimes it’s the side views that are the pretty ones

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The middle platform is a nice place to rest and take it all in

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Back to Grand Central…. another C 10ike faves!! The light fixtures alone make my heart flutter! Nerdy, yes!

On a walk with their dog, Melissa spotted this really cool restaurant window!

Melissa and Shaun, thank you so much for taking me and Susannah all around the city! We had SO much fun, and thanks for that awesome Mexican dinner- I am addicted to those Micheladas now!! Aye Dios Mio!!!

xo