Brooklyn City Hall Elopement and Brooklyn Bridge Park Portraits with Margaret & George

Margaret and George invited their close family to be a part and witness their intimate ceremony at the Brooklyn Cityhall in New York City. Margaret’s grandfather who is 102 (!!!!!!) flew all the way to New York City from Texas to come and see his grand daughter be married! It was such a sweet ceremony and we were able to capture such a memorable moment and also beautiful family portraits right after. Margaret and George live in Dumbo and wanted to capture some of their portraits in their neighborhood at Brooklyn Bridge Park - and it was all so beautiful!!

A Queens City Hall, New York City Elopement

My dear friends, Sophia & Ryan currently live in LA, California- but wanted to come back to New York City (Sophia’s hometown) to get married so that her grandma could witness the great moment! They got ready together at the Standard Hotel - East Village then headed over to the Queens (represent!) County Courthouse to get married! Yes, we even took a photo with the 7 train :O) The ceremony was sweet and they were surrounded by their family and close friends and it was a honor and quite an adventure to witness and capture it all!! It was a sweet New York City elopement that was a precursor to their LA Wedding in the following year. Here are some highlights from the day!!

Sunset Brooklyn Intimate ELOPEMENT WEDDING Ceremony at Brooklyn Terminal Park in New York City with Joan and Chris

Joan and Chris live in the Sunset neighborhood in Brooklyn, NYC, and decided to have an intimate little ceremony at Brooklyn Terminal Park with close family. Originally they were planning to get married on one of the Caribbean islands but because of this year’s pandemic- traveling would be out of the question. - things had to be a little different! Instead, they decided to pick their neighborhood park to host their wedding ceremony! We first got some photos at this cute abandoned factory that had SUNSET written on it’s windows (super cool!!) and then wandered over to the Brooklyn Army Terminal (where Chris told me they filmed parts of JOKER at!) and got some cool shots inside and around the area. Afterwards we met up with the family at Brooklyn Terminal Park at the tip of the pier; and with an amazing view of the New York City skyline, they said their vows and promised themselves to each other. It was so sweet! I love these types of days, photos, family and heartfelt vows are really what make the day so special!!!

An Intimate Backyard Wedding in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City

Pooh & Peter live in Queens and wanted to keep their wedding as local as possible! They got ready at the Paper Factory Hotel in Queens, New York City. It was such an adorable and gorgeous hotel with some many great spots to photograph at! One of my favorite things they had was this amazing book wall staircase - which was so perfect because Pooh loves to read- and is a teacher!!! With close friends and family, they had a beautiful and sweet intimate backyard ceremony at My Kitchen, Resturant in Forest Hills! It was such a great day! We were able to head over to Gantry State Park to get some portraits and the amazing skyline view of New York City - and just party the night away with some serious DANCING skills!

Vendor Information:

Hotel Prep Location: Paper Factory Hotel

Photographer - Cynthia Chung Weddings

Venue- My Kitchen Restaurant in Forest Hills, NY

Dress- Tadashi Shoji for BHLDN

Her Shoes- Nina

Earrings- Kate Spade

Hair & Makeup- MG Hair and Makeup

Suit- Indochino

His Shoes- ALDO

His Accessories (tie, pocket square, cuffs)- Tie Bar

DJ- John Panikidis (a father of one our students at school...talk about keeping it local...)

Flowers- Annis Florals in Astoria

Favors- Hellenic Gifts in Astoria

Officiant- Caitlin Northcote from Officiant NYC

Rings- Kent Jewelry in Manhattan