As the resident Bride- to – be here at Ask a New Yorker.com I wish I could tell you that Boo and I frolicked aimlessly around Manhattan with our sweet photographer, Carly from Carly Michelle Photography. But that’s not what happened. For those who don’t really know me (besides this section of the interwebs) — aimless is not a term I would use to describe myself.
I knew I didn’t want a traditional NYC engagement shoot in Central Park. While beautiful, it wasn’t what I had in mind. After all, I’m not having a traditional wedding…and I’m all about serious urban chic. So, naturally urban chic is what I got.
For a solid week I walked the streets of NYC making note of interesting little nooks of this wild city. A sweet cobblestone street here…a lovely old facade there…an interestingly painted stoop…an elaborately designed warehouse exterior — these were the backdrops I had envisioned.So like any normal bride control freak planner, I mapped out our route. We didn’t have Carly all day — I wanted to maximize our time with her. And I couldn’t risk missing a shot! Using Google Maps, I entered each of our destinations and figured out the order which made the most logical sense. I had 10 stops including two potential “looks” that could be shot anywhere.
Carly suggested we bring an outfit change, so we could mix up the looks. Yay!! Shopping spree!! Sorry, Boo.
Anyway, so many things ran through my mind…Where would I put my bag during the shots? Where would we change (we weren’t close to our apartment)? Who would hold my prop? This all boiled down to: where is my assistant? Oh right.they don’t exist.But, Carly prevailed. She was totally calm and had things under control — everything went smoothly. And I am so happy.For us, planning was key. I had secured my hair and makeup team for trials on our shoot day: I wanted to see what the hair and makeup looked like on camera, and I really wanted to look “done” for our shoot.I had picked our outfits (Boo gave me full reign on that one) and wanted to be sure we looked put together without matching. I also packed multiple pairs of shoes: black Louboutins, gold Jimmy Choo flats and “walking” shoes for between shots. The morning of, everything was set and ready to go…I can’t wait to show you all some of our favorite pictures — check back soon for those!!
Did you take engagement pictures?
xx,
Megan
