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Wedding Photography | NYC Civil Marriage Ceremony | Lauren & Preston

I left my apartment very early on a Tuesday morning last month, embarking on the usual 13-minute walk to the subway station (I know, not cool). I’m pretty sure I was rocking out to Lady Gaga on my ipod as per usual, likely spacing out to whatever random thought had popped into my head at the time. One second I was walking down the sidewalk, about to step onto the road, and the next second I was on the ground, having taken the oddest fall of my life. There was nothing that had tripped me, and nothing that could have distracted me from the seemingly simple task of crossing the street… yet somehow, I’d managed to slice my knee, rip my pants, and sprain my ankle/foot (I still don’t know which it was). How did this happen?!

In true Lindsay fashion, I picked myself up and continued walking as if nothing happened, occasionally glancing down at my knee which was dripping blood. I mean, I was en route to the City Clerk’s office to witness and photograph Lauren & Preston’s civil marriage ceremony, I had no time for injuries!

All injuries aside, I had so much fun with Lauren and Preston on their wedding day. They completely choreographed their post-wedding shoot themselves! After their city hall ceremony, we cruised around Manhattan in a 1937 Rolls Royce and went up to the Meatpacking District to shoot near some cool graffiti they liked. From there, we walked down 5th Ave, stopped at The Plaza (hello, Home Alone 2!), grabbed some hotdogs at a stand, and wandered around Central Park. Their wedding photos were very New York and very Lauren & Preston, and I’m especially proud of them given the fact that I was limping around the entire time :)

L & P, you were beyond amazing to work with. Thank you for being a testament to why I do what I do!

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Engagement Photography | NYC | Cameron & Brian

Cameron and Brian are about the sweetest couple you could meet. They just graduated from med school and wanted to do their engagement shoot in NYC before moving to San Francisco. They wanted some very New Yorky photos – and you can’t get much more New Yorky than Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge, right? :)

It’s funny because we were wrapping up in Central Park and had to hurry to make it to the Brooklyn Bridge before sunset, when in-between shots, a gentleman struck up a conversation with me about photography and becoming a professional photographer. I always relish the opportunity to talk photography to anyone, anytime, so I was happy to chat for a bit, but the whole time I was thinking about how we only had about 30 minutes to get down to the bridge to catch the sunset. I didn’t want to keep Cam & Brian waiting and potentially miss it, so I had to cut our conversation short.

We got down to the Brooklyn Bridge a little later than planned, and in true NYC fashion I was feeling a little hurried/stressed. But by the time we got out onto the bridge, we were hit with this incredible light that we might not even have had if we hadn’t been running late.

That’s always how it is though, isn’t it? We plan, we rush, we hurry, we worry – and usually it all works out in the end. I’d say it more than worked out for us with this shoot :)

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Wedding Photography | Rute & Peter | St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NYC

Rute and Peter’s wedding took place somewhere most people can only dream of visting, nevermind getting married in: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 5th Avenue, Manhattan, NYC. I am absolutely entranced whenever I visit this church. It is just over-the-top, jaw-droppingly stunning. Their ceremony took place in a private chapel behind the main altar, and they walked down the main aisle and out the door to applause from church visitors. It was absolutely beautiful, and I am so grateful to them for entrusting me with their wedding day photography.

After the ceremony, all wedding participants and guests headed up to Central Park for pictures. I got to lead a group of 40 people through Central Park! The newlyweds got so many congratulations from passers-by, it was unbelievable.

Without further ado, here are the photos from Rute and Peter’s wedding, straight from Sweden (where I’m currently traveling – I couldn’t wait to post them, I was too excited!):

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Engagement Photography | Shagun & Gaurav | Central Park, NYC

Shagun and Gaurav have the sort of love story that could be made into a movie. They met on a train in India when they were teenagers, kept in touch all this time and remained friends. Shagun moved to the US after finishing school, Gaurav followed suit a few years ago, and they began dating last November. Without the barrier of distance, these two finally got to be together, and within a month they were engaged. They’re getting married later this year in India, but I had the privilege of doing their engagement shoot here in NYC :) Aren’t they gorgeous?

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Springtime in Dumbo, Central Park, and the Upper East Side

Last weekend was the first spring-like weekend of the year, so in true Lindsay fashion it was spent primarily outdoors. On Saturday, I oh-so-stupidly biked about 10 miles around Brooklyn after my morning ‘total body conditioning’ class. The whole point of the class is to overload your muscles so you can’t even complete the reps, basically breaking them down and making them hurt. You’re not supposed to lift weights for the following two days as the muscles are repairing themselves (and in theory, getting stronger). But I figured some cardio work would be ok afterwards. As I often do, I overestimated my comfort level for all this physical activity and arrived home absolutely exhausted that evening. And sore – oh so sore. My poor legs!

The next day I was sore all over, which I thought was strange since I’d only really overworked my legs the day before. But it was so nice out that I couldn’t resist a frolic through Central Park. The whole time I felt like I was forcing myself to wander around while my back ached and all I really wanted to do was lay down. But I NEVER want to lay down! I never want to sit and relax – I’m the girl who always has to keep busy. And honest to god, I’ve never had a single problem with my back (which I am SO so thankful for), so this was all pretty weird.

And then I spent the next 3 days bed-ridden and unable to function. I don’t know what happened, but I went through a whole gamut of non cold-like symptoms in a span of about 24 hours. The kind that really knock you down and prevent you from doing ANYTHING, really. And for someone like me, that is pure torture. Not only was I unable to lift my head for 3 days, but I also missed *2* live tv show tapings and 3 glorious sunny 60-degree days. If that’s not FML-worthy, I don’t know what is!

But anyway, at least I was able to enjoy the weekend before my body decided to take the next 3 days off from life. On Saturday I did some shooting around my favorite wedding venue (Bubby’s), and on Sunday I snapped some shots around Central Park and the Upper East Side: