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Andy & Natalie’s home turf

August 18, 2008 – 3:57 pm

Does it count as a destination portrait session if the couple lives there, but I don’t?

Although Andy and Natalie are Texans, born and bred, they currently live up in the Big Apple. I cannot wait to photograph their Dallas wedding late next year, but in the meantime, it was great to be able to meet them in their neck of the woods for a fun “destination” engagement session. Although I never met these guys before our first consultation, it feels as though I have known them my entire life. They both have this way of making virtual strangers feel like best friends, and I consider myself extremely lucky to be their wedding photographer. It doesn’t hurt that they are both unfairly good-looking, as well. Oh, and little miss Natalie is a brand new NY Jets Flight Crew member! If you live up in New York, stop by a Jets game and give the gorgeous blonde dancer an extra loud cheer for me!

Here are a few images from their New York City session:

We started off in the good old NYC staple, Central Park. I am a huge fan of shooting engagement sessions in parks. The backgrounds are always beautiful, the light is always great, and the simplicity of it allows me to focus on the couple, rather than the location. And, of course, Central Park is THE park of parks, so I could shoot there all day and be perfectly happy.

Destination engagement session of Andy Fredericks and Natalie Furr in Central Park, Lower East Side, and Times Square by Dallas wedding photographer Stacy Reeves

Next we headed to the Lower East Side to take a stroll around Andy and Natalie’s former neighborhood. I learned quite a few interesting things on Avenue C that day (Aware, Beware, Caution, Danger - haha!). It was great to be able to shoot around the places that Andy and Natalie spent their free time. Now, even when they move back to Dallas (*fingers crossed*), they can remember the time they spent up in NYC.
Destination engagement session of Andy Fredericks and Natalie Furr in Central Park, Lower East Side, and Times Square by Dallas wedding photographer Stacy Reeves

Finally, we ended up in Times Square, one of my favorite places in the world.
This is probably one of my favorite photos ever Destination engagement session of Andy Fredericks and Natalie Furr in Central Park, Lower East Side, and Times Square by Dallas wedding photographer Stacy Reeves
Andy and Natalie - Come back to Texas! It’s just not the same since you went away ;) June is oh so far away.. Hopefully you guys will come visit before then! Natalie, if the Jets ever play the Cowboys, I am TOTALLY there.

By Stacy | Posted in Destination, Engagements | Also tagged central park, destination engagement sessions, lower east side, new york city, nyc | Comments (4)

Carrie and Preston invade NYC!

June 18, 2008 – 12:42 pm

Carrie and Preston are easily two of the most fun clients I have ever had. I have been blessed to work with some really awesome people (no Bridezillas yet - knock on wood!), but few people I know have been able to make me laugh as hard as these two. Their smiles and laughter are infectious, it’s really impossible to be around them and not have a good time. So, when they asked me to fly with them to New York City for a destination portrait session, even my fear of flying couldn’t keep me from saying yes!

Here are some of my favorites from the trip:

We started off in Central Park, which I thought would be cheesy, but it actually turned out to be fantastic for photos. There are so many neat areas with cool and unusual architecture, I could have shot there all day! I really loved how you could see the city peeking in through the tree branches.