Hoboken, New Jersey | I guess April showers sometimes bring… May showers? There had been SO much rain the past few days, and despite a clear forecast all week for the evening of Katie and Chris’s engagement session we were met with cloudy skies and unrelenting rain. Thankfully, these two had the best attitude about…
Tag: City Engagements
Chilly Liberty State Park Engagement
Jersey City, New Jersey | Brisk and windy November days aren’t for the faint of heart, especially on the waterfront — but Kristie and Matt were total troopers! Unfortunately the original date of their engagement session turned out to be quite rainy, but the day we rescheduled to offered us beautiful and clear sunny skies……
Autumn Evening Central Park Engagement
New York, New York | This session juuuust made it into the tail end of peak fall in New York City, and I had such a great time with Brittany and Joe! These two first met in 2016 at a friend’s birthday party. As Brittany tells it, “While everyone was mingling at the party, I…
Sunrise Belvedere Castle Engagement
New York, New York | My final sunrise engagement session of the year was so much fun with Ally and Will! These two are so incredibly sweet and I clicked with them immediately, despite the early wakeup time! Ally is a nurse at Sloan Kettering, so she’s used to heading into the city in the…
Autumn Central Park Sunset Engagement
New York, New York | What an absolutely beautiful fall day with Frances and Nicholas in Central Park! It turned out to be one of the warmest November days I can remember, and the park was bustling — but we still managed to get some beautiful shots sans-tourists! Frances and Nicholas have been dating for…
Autumn Central Park Sunrise Engagement
New York, New York | What a beautiful autumn morning with Carrie and Joe in Central Park! Right after sunrise is my favorite time to shoot in the city, and although my body hates the 5am wakeup, my heart adores the gorgeous photos we are able to capture with so many less tourists to dodge….
Vintage Taxi West Village NYC Engagement
New York, New York | Where to even begin with Jenna and Ryan’s engagement session?! These two had such a beautiful vision for their photos, and it was such a joy to capture. So many couples want a classic NYC taxi shot, but Jenna took it one step further — she booked a vintage cab…
Effortlessly Chic West Village Engagement
West Village, New York | I had the best time running around the West Village with sweet Alex and Matt for their engagement session! It was a particularly toasty summer day in the city, but these two didn’t let the heat get to them and kept it cool the entire shoot. Alex and Matt have…
Loeb Boathouse Central Park Engagement
New York, New York | I truly clicked right away with Ashley and Sal! These two are so much fun, and we had the best time in Central Park capturing their engagement photos. Ashley and Sal first met through mutual friends who were dating at the time. As Ashley tells it, “We went out in…
Fun-Loving Summer West Village Engagement
New York, New York | Mikala and Peter are the absolute sweetest! These two live in the city and suggested the West Village for their engagement session — which is one of my favorite places to shoot, so I couldn’t have said yes fast enough! As Mikala tells it, “Peter and I met at our…
Classic & Chic Central Park Engagement
New York, New York | Such a beautiful evening in Central Park with Kate and Sam! Central Park can often be full of tourists, runners, and cyclists and it’s sometimes challenging to shoot there at any time other than right after sunrise, but we got super lucky for Kate and Sam’s evening session. It was…
Sunrise Brooklyn Bridge NYC Engagement
New York, New York | One of my favorite places in the city to shoot is on the Brooklyn Bridge — however, it is also one of the craziest (and at times, scariest!) places to be at any time other than sunrise. There are so many people on bikes and tourists taking photos that shooting…
Sunrise Hoboken Waterfront Engagement
Hoboken, New Jersey | I absolutely love whenever my couples are up for a sunrise session! Although my brain isn’t always happy when it has to wake up before 6am, it’s so worth it for the empty streets and glowy light. We originally scheduled this session based around Matt’s work schedule, and but that morning…
Winter Hoboken Waterfront Proposal
Hoboken, New Jersey | Shooting a proposal is always special, but nothing compares to when it’s one of your best friends! I’ve known Katie since 6th grade, when we first met in science class and bonded over our mutual weirdness. Fast forward 17 years later and I’m shooting one of the most special moments of…
Winter Brooklyn Bridge Park Engagement
Brooklyn, New York | January sessions definitely aren’t for the faint of heart, but Katie and Matt totally killed it in the cold! These two first connected on Bumble (just like me and my own Matt ) — and funny enough they’re both originally from California, and even had some mutual friends, but didn’t meet…
Fall Central Park Engagement
New York, New York | I absolutely love when couples are down for a sunrise session, so when Colleen and Dylan agreed to an early morning in Central Park I couldn’t have been more excited! Is it an early wakeup call? Totally. But does it also give you basically private access to some of the…
West Village NYC Engagement
New York, New York | It was so much fun working with Christina and Tim again, this time in the West Village — and I say “this time” because the last time I saw them both, I was shooting their proposal in a snow-covered Central Park! While very different conditions, both sessions were so incredibly…
Central Park Belvedere Castle Engagement
New York, New York | I’m so grateful to Hannah and Doug for helping me to explore Central Park outside of my usual shooting areas! Pretty much every time I shoot an engagement session in Central Park, I stick to the Bow Bridge and Bethesda Terrace areas. When Hannah and I first started chatting about…
Rainy Central Park Engagement
New York, New York | I often have clients ask me, “Jill, what happens if it rains on the day of our engagement session?” And I usually say, “We will be checking the forecast in the days leading up, and if it looks iffy we will reschedule!” Well, when the forecast is back and forth…
Hoboken Waterfront Engagement
Hoboken, New Jersey | Working with Kim and Marc was a dream! Even though it was in the high nineties while we were shooting, these two were total troopers and did an amazing job powering through the heat. I know in that kind of temperature the last thing you probably want to do is wrap…
Summer Downtown Hoboken Engagement
Hoboken, New Jersey | This engagement session was a LONG time coming — Nicole and Ryan first scheduled this for fall of 2020, but between rain reschedules and Ryan breaking his tooth the week before one of their scheduled dates, somehow it got pushed all the way out until June of 2021! I was SO…
Spring Brooklyn Bridge Park Engagement
New York, New York Working with Maddie and Devin was so special! I met these two in college (where they also met six and a half years ago!) and there is nothing I love more than a Bryan University love story. When Maddie reached out about shooting their engagement photos in NYC, I couldn’t have…
Snowy Central Park Proposal
New York, New York There are truly no words to describe how magical Tim’s proposal to Christina was! When Tim reached out to me explaining he was planning to propose to his girlfriend in Central Park, I couldn’t have been more excited. And, when a huge storm coated the city in a beautiful blanket of…
Uptown Hoboken Brownstone Engagement
Hoboken, New Jersey When Nicole reached out to me about taking holiday engagement photos before the end of the year, I couldn’t have been more excited! Sooo many of the uptown brownstones in Hoboken get SERIOUSLY decked out for the holidays, so I was all for soaking in the festiveness for a few more days…
Autumn Central Park NYC Engagement
New York, New York Shooting Bari and Joey’s engagement session was absolutely amazing! Not only did we get potentially THE most beautiful fall day in Central Park, but actually I went to high school with both of them so getting to be a part of this exciting time in their lives was all the more…
Brooklyn Bridge Park DUMBO Engagement
Brooklyn, New York Hannah and Tommy were an absolute blast to work with! We met up by the West Elm in Brooklyn Bridge Park (aka one of my favorite places ever) and Pebble Beach, and instantly it felt like we’d known each other forever. Which, in a way, we sort of did know each other…
Summer Brooklyn Bridge Park Proposal
Brooklyn, New York When Zac first reached out to me about planning his proposal to Natalie at Brooklyn Bridge Park, I was GAME. The view of the Manhattan skyline from the park is one of my favorite spots in the city, and I couldn’t imagine a more magical place to ask the love of your…
Summer Liberty State Park Engagement
Jersey City, New Jersey Kristin and Mike’s engagement story is definitely one for the books. I think this is seriously such a clever way to propose! “We got engaged in Hoboken, New Jersey. Mike planned the whole day months in advance. He texted me one day while I was staying late at work and said…
Sunrise Brooklyn Bridge Engagement
Brooklyn, New York I have wanted to do an engagement session on the Brooklyn Bridge for so long, so Morgan and David made my dreams come true! They were total troupers, agreeing to my suggestion of a VERY early start at 7:00am to avoid tourists/bikers and get that good light. It was absolutely worthwhile! Morgan…