Gowanus, Brooklyn & Soho Engagement Session in New York City

I got another chance to photograph around Gowanus, Brooklyn and Soho with Nick and Kimberly.  Nick loved the industrial and edgy look of their neighborhood and Kimberly liked the polished and chic look of Soho (where they work).  So we were able to combine their personalities into their engagement session and hit up both areas! It was such a great time because they allowed me to be creative and free with them and we found some really amazing spaces to photograph at. It’s so awesome to be able to capture these photographs for them for the future!! It was also awesome because one of these shots was featured in the New York Times!! I am so thankful they chose me to be their new york city wedding photographer!! They will be getting married in California next year! Here are some of my favorite shots! 

A New York City Winter Snowstorm Proposal

Ah!  I was so honored to be able to document this monumental moment.  Stephen has been a good friend of mine for many years, and we've joked and talked about "that day he would get married" - (luckily I beat him to it first- haha jk!!!) but I was so happy when he revealed to me when he met someone wonderful!!  Ester has been an amazing addition to Stephen's life, and both of them make such a power couple.  Their romance brought them all the way from San Francisco and now to New York City. My husband and I love spending time with them.. they're so easy going, down to earth and fun to hang around...  I am so excited for their marriage and know that it will be blessed and fruitful!! Now let me tell you about this photographic experience. It was definitely my first "snowstorm" proposal shoot and never experienced anything like so.  But it was so worth it!  New York City has been experiencing a LOT of crazy snowstorms, we seem to average about one per week these days... so this was last Saturday, 2/15/2014.  The park was a location over on 67th street and 1st avenue, which was close by to the restaurant that Stephen had planned to celebrate with Ester afterwards.  The park was a pretty flat space.. so it was really difficult to find a proper hiding place.  So when they walked in, I literally was sprawled out behind small corner of a gate, trying to get a good angle on the happenings.

Here are some photos of the event and a short little photo session we had after!  They were seriously TROOPERS with withstanding the fast whipping snowflakes!! Enjoy!!

And... then here's my favorite shot of the shoot!: 

Finally warmed up at a nearby cafe:

Stephen bought Ester diamond earrings and a gold band as her engagement "ring"- this was something special to her and he got her exactly what she wanted! So cute and different!

New York City Hall Elopement and Wedding Session

Liz and Soni were having a larger affair in a couple of months, but wanted to do something intimate before their big celebration. They decided to go to New York City Hall and have an intimate ceremony first (just the two of them! Plus me as the witness :D) and a sweet portrait session right after! It was such a great time to be able to photograph them in this moment and then wander around downtown New York City together afterwards! It was a nice touch since they were having their wedding in PA and it was a great idea to get some city landscapes and gorgeous wildness landscapes during the wedding day!

Vendor Credits:

Dress: Few Moda

Bride Shoes: Valentino

Engagement Ring and Wedding bands: Ritani

Groom Suit: J.Crew

Groom Shoes: Allen Edmonds

Classic and Elegant New York City Wedding at Gelso and Grand on the Lower East Side

Angelo and Jennifer wanted a classic New York City wedding that would be beautiful, and elegant but also a great time for their friends and family. They decided on Gelso and Grand, an Italian restaurant on the lower east side of Manhattan that borders Little Italy and Chinatown - a nod to both their backgrounds and cultures. Jennifer wore a gorgeous Haley Paige wedding dress, which she fell in love with and bought even before she started planning the actual wedding! They both got ready at the Hotel 50 Bowery headed over to St. Patrick's Old Cathedral for their ceremony and ended the night with delicious food, drinks, dancing and indoor SPARKLERS!!

Wedding Vendors:

Photographer: Cynthia Chung Weddings

NYC Wedding Ceremony Space - St. Patrick's Old Cathedral

NYC Wedding Reception Space - Gelso & Grand

NYC Wedding Hotel - Hotel 50 Bowery

DJ - E-Squared Productions

Flowers - City Blossoms

Cake - Tara DeBono

Invitations - Minted

NYC Make up - Anjali Wrenn - The Beauty Suite

Wedding Dress - Hayley Paige

Tuxedo - Alan David Custom

Tuxedo shoes - Hugo Boss

Vendor Credits:

Photographer - Cynthia Chung Weddings

Ceremony - St. Patrick's Old Cathedral

Reception - Gelso & Grand

Wedding hotel - Hotel 50 Bowery

DJ - E-Squared Productions

Flowers - City Blossoms

Cake - Tara DeBono - Tara is a chef and also my life-long best friend and matron of honor

Invitations - Minted

Make up - Anjali Wrenn - The Beauty Suite

Dress - Hayley Paige - I was in love with this dress and bought it before we started planning the wedding!

Tuxedo - Alan David Custom

Tuxedo shoes - Hugo Boss