Capturing a wedding in Central Park is a bit like pulling off a performance art installation. Your bride and groom LITERALLY become one of the city’s exciting tourist attractions for that day. I suppose it’s that way anytime you’re photographing a wedding within a public space – but Central Park? Come On!!! It’s only like, THE most famous public space around… it was like a dream come true for Tony and I to photograph Erin and Chris get married at the Boathouse – just steps from the very spot where we got engaged. I know I always talk about this – but my fantasy had always been to get married there.  Next best thing? Watching Erin and Chris get married there … congrats you guys. We wish you a lifetime of happiness together, overlooking the park….

I just HAD to post this sneak peak from Rachel and Mario’s wedding in Yonkers. The venue has only recently opened for events – I’m told we were one of the very first weddings on the premesis. All you brides out there getting married in NY, you HAVE to check out this location. This 3 story mansion was once home to nuns and then went abandon for years. Inside the enormous haunted house, most of the rooms are empty and unfinished: think paint pealing off the walls to reveal interesting colors underneath. Also, they say there is a ghost of a small girl who plays the violin in the basement at night. I went down into that basement and there is only one word for it: SPOOKY! Tony and I took 3 steps in and retreated out of there SO FAST. Can’t wait to show the whole wedding in the coming weeks.

Erin and Chris literally met at the copy machine at work, the place where employees can go to find a brief moment of solace in an otherwise busy workday. It’s only fitting these two would choose to get married at the iconic Boathouse in Central Park….the most serene and relaxing venue in all of Manhattan. Before the ceremony the couple got ready at The Hudson Hotel nearby. Most people who have visited New York are familiar with the sleek lines and signature glowing yellow glass of this boutique hotel (below).  Stay tuned this week and peek inside Erin and Chris’ unique celebration within the tree-lined walls of Central Park. Can’t get enough of these two lovebirds? Check out the couple’s Modern City Engagement here…