Manhattan Penthouse Wedding | New York, NY | Michelle & Brian

July 12, 2018

Last weekend, I photographed Michelle and Brian’s Manhattan Penthouse Wedding in New York City! We had a gorgeous Summer day for their celebration and after getting ready at the W Hotel in Union Square, we hopped on the subway and traveled to Washington Square Park for photos. My super sweet couple brought me to the places most important to them before saying “I Do” and then partying all night at their Manhattan Penthouse wedding!

Michelle and Brian first met in 2011 on OKCupid. They only dated for about 5 months before deciding to go their separate ways but about 3 years later Michelle showed up in his Tinder feed so he reached back out. By then enough things had changed in both of their lives that everything just clicked. Timing really is everything! From Michelle: “When we reconnected in 2014 and started dating again I noticed that he made a lot of space for me in his life and also in his home without being asked to. That was really something that I had been missing in the NY dating scene. For the first time things were just easy with someone and I was able to recognize that as something special.”

Michelle knew Brian was the one because she is a very driven person and her career is incredibly important to her. But Brian is so supportive of that and she never felt like her success made him insecure in any way. Plus he doesn’t like eggs but learned how to poach eggs perfectly because it’s her favorite! <3

Engaged on 07/07/2017, the proposal story from Michelle: “We went out to eat at our local Thai place on a Friday night and I had no idea anything was up. After dinner Brian suggested that we walk to Washington Square Park, which is also a pretty normal activity for us – we love to sit and people watch. I’m a classic extrovert but Brian is an introvert and knowing that he had picked a very public place to propose he wanted to make sure it was dark before he did so to lessen the chance that people would be watching. Once the sun had set he wasn’t quite sure how to begin until it started to sprinkle and I suggested that since we didn’t have umbrellas we might want to head home. That spurred him to get down on one knee and through the process of him asking and me saying yes, we realized that it was pouring, we were drenched and suddenly we were alone in the park. New York City is full of surprises and sometimes can be just magical, for me this was one of those times.”

Last September, I photographed their engagement session in Brooklyn and knew that their day would be special and I was right!

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