New York Engagement Photos :: Part II

Good morning! Today's I'm sharing the second set of engagement photos. Last Monday I posted the first set of photos taken at Grand Central Station. We were a little more dolled up for those photos. Today's photos in Central Park we wanted to be more casual. Picking out a dress for these photos was difficult. Originally I wanted a red dress for the Grand Central photos and a black dress for Central Park photos. While shopping, I came across this red-orange dress from Banana Republic and it went perfectly with the colorful Fall scenery. As for Matt's outfit, he's an expert putting together outfits (I take some credit for this), so he knew exactly what he wanted to wear next to my dress. I highly recommend having a dress rehearsal the night before engagement photos. Make sure the outfits compliment each other. I'd also snap a few photos together and figure out each others "good" side.

Originally we didn't want to take engagement photos. We thought about having a few different people take our photos, to save money and not go overboard with pictures "we'd never use". After researching on Pinterest and finding so many beautiful photos and Angelica as a photographer, I knew we had to take photos together! Like most people, we didn't want "cheesy" photos taken. Yep, we've all seen them. When I initially spoke to Angelica, I made sure I communicated my expectations. The profession she is, she assured me the photos would turn out beautiful and not cheesy. Angelica recommended that I create an inspirational Pinterest board. This was such a great idea for both us as the client and her as the photographer. This created great communication and she referenced several poses throughout our photo session. I'd recommend jumping on Pinterest and/or  Style Me Pretty Weddings to get a few ideas. 

Hope you enjoyed the photos! You're welcome to see the rest of the photos here.

HER

Dress :: Banana Republic on sale!

Necklace :: J. Crew (similar here)

Heels :: Zara 

Coat :: Zara old (love this one)

HIM

Shirt :: Ben Sherman

Wood Jacket :: Ben Sherman (similar here)

Pants :: 7 for all Mankind

Shoes :: J. Crew (similar here)

 

Photos by Angelica Criscuolo

New York Engagement Photos :: Part I

Good morning everyone. I'm so happy to be back. I've missed you! So now that I'm back, I'm excited to share our engagement photos with you. This is Part 1 one of the photos. I've had lots of family, friends and readers ask to see our photos, so I thought the best way for everyone to see as many pics as possible, I'd break it up in two parts. 

When we got engaged in July, we knew we wanted to take photos in two places; Grand Central and Central Park. These are two of our favorite places in New York. While scouring the internet one night and three glasses of wine deep, I came across beautiful photos in Grand Central. I quickly clicked through t to find the mastermind behind these photos...Angelica Criscuolo Photography. After a few phone calls, I knew she was the one!

One early Saturday morning in October, we met in front of Grand Central and the party started! From the first shot, she amazed me with her expertise and ability interact with both of us behind the camera. Three hours later we wrapped up the session and we got hundreds of beautiful memories all over New York.

 

Deciding on what to wear was really difficult. I felt my outfit needed to be fashionable and trendy. While getting my nails done, a good friend asked me, "Do you really want berry color nail? Don't you want something timeless and classic? Like red?"

That's how I decided to go with this basic black dress and nude heels. The outfit was elegant and classy and didn't take away from "us". I'd highly recommend having a solid color dress. I know it seems boring, but that's why you have Instagram and Facebook! Post all your bright colorful patterns on those pages. Keep it simple. 

Hope you enjoyed the photos! Next Monday I'll post the second set of photos.

Photos by Angelica Criscuolo 

Dress :: Zara (similar here and here)
Heels :: Zara (similar here)
Necklace :: J.Crew (similar here)