New York City Proposal at the East River Park in Manhattan

Belinda and I met when we played varsity volleyball together in high school.  Since then we've kept in touch, seeing each other at different events.  It was a pleasant surprise when her now-fiance, Omar, reached out to me to photograph their proposal. Omar told me that he kept me in mind ever since Belinda once showed him my work and told him that she liked it!  (*^__^*)  

Omar decided to propose at a local park (East River Park) where they used to run together.  This past week has been raining like CRAZY.. so on Christmas eve-eve, Omar and I met up and scoped out the "spot" - mind you...it was raining cats and dogs-- and we were a little worried that on Christmas eve, the big day, it would be raining... but the heavens opened up and the weather was pretty awesome!  It was a perfect moment and the sun even beamed down on Omar and Belinda during the proposal!  It was awesome and I was so glad to capture it as their new york city wedding photographer! Here are some of my favorites from their moment:

A New York City Proposal with Korean BBQ

Christy, Dan and I spent a lot of time together in college.  They were my two best friends and pretty much my "parents" during those brutal winters in Rochester.  We had a lot of potluck parties, rescues from bug infested homes and random adventuring, eating amazing food (korean food is our fav) and wandering around Rochester and slipping and falling during entrances to stores.  It was awesome.  Every time Dan would gchat me, I would get really excited and be like, "ARE YOU PROPOSING?!" --  and many, many times I've been disappointed- hahaha... UNTIL! a couple of weeks ago! Dan FINALLY asked me to help him plan out his proposal! So, I made plans with Christy to get our nails done but instead of me picking her up, Dan showed up on her doorsteps and popped the question!  It was actually really sweet and a COMPLETE surprise for Christy.  It was a really bittersweet moment for me. Dan had gotten a new job at Amazon, in Seattle, and his time in NYC was almost up.  So here I am, watching two of my best friends committing to begin their new life together and also knowing that in a few months, they will be married and moving across the nation to the west coast.  I was happy and a bit sad, but mostly happy because this is what life is about.  Moving on, growing up and reaching different milestones in our life. So very fittingly, we went out to celebrate and had some delicious Korean BBQ and also got a few moments to snap a few shots of this happy couple on their big day (until the wedding day)!

THIS IS THE BEST GIF THAT TOTALLY DESCRIBES THEM <3