Welcome to the website of Lindsay Taryn Photography! Below, you will find recent blog posts about everything photo-related in both my business and my life. I am available for wedding, event, and portrait photography in NYC and beyond, so take a look at my portfolio and blog, learn a bit about me and my work, and don't hesitate to contact me! :) Today I photographed Rute & Peter’s intimate wedding at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC. It was nothing short of gorgeous, and I can’t wait to share the photos I took! For now, here are two shots to hold you over: the second one was taken with my new tilt shift lens! :)
Rute and Peter wanted a very New York location for their engagement shoot, so I was quick to suggest the area by the Brooklyn Bridge. As we all know, I’m a wee bit obsessed with this NYC spot. Can you blame me? I always manage to walk away with different images whenever I shoot here. Even though it’s often frequented by tourists, you can still go there and feel like it’s just you and the city.
I’m not sure why, but there was a big boat sitting on shore right between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. I’d definitely be wary of leaving something like that unattended in such a high traffic area, but I guess I can’t complain too much because we used it in a few shots :) I actually went kayaking in this cove last weekend, so I can understand the allure of boating by the bridges. It’s so beautiful!
Check out Rute and Peter by the Brooklyn Bridge – and stay tuned for their St. Patrick’s Cathedral wedding next month! (I can’t wait!)
Part 1 (getting ready + ceremony) can be seen here.
Engagement + sneak peek photos can be found here.
Part 2 (portraits + receptions) below!:
We started the day bright and early with portraits at the Anderson House in Washington D.C. Jill and Esrael decided to have a ‘first look’ and got to see each other before the ceremony. I could write a whole blog post dedicated to why couples should always try to do this on their wedding day – it’s an excellent, excellent idea. Getting portraits taken at the start of the day meant that they were free to enjoy the rest of their wedding day without having to leave any part of it to go get pictures taken. A couple should not have to miss any part of their own party!
But oh, what a gorgeous venue the Anderson House is. We could have spent the entire day exploring it and taking pictures!
One of the many reasons why this wedding was so awesome was that they had TWO receptions! Two VERY different receptions, at that. Jill has the biggest sweet tooth of anyone I have ever known. It’s not unheard of her to replace entire meals with some sort of dessert, or incorporate a bakery trip into every city visit. So, not surprisingly, Jill had a dessert reception at her wedding. I have never seen so many different sweets in one room! Cookies, cupcakes, babka, fondue, chocolate, candy, and pretty much any other dessert you can think of… you name it, she had it. And at the end, all the guests got to fill up a bag with treats to take home.
Kelsey took the shot below of Jill and I on stage. We thought it’d be funny if I took Jill’s “throne” and she had to stand next to me :)
Reception #2 was the Eritrean reception, with hundreds of Esrael’s friends & family members in attendance. Lots of music, dancing, and most importantly – FOOD. Eritrean food is so flavorful and veggie-friendly, and meant to be eaten with your hands rather than with utensils. More specifically, you typically cover a thin, spongey bread with servings of food, and then rip off pieces of the bread to pick up the food with and then eat. It’s pretty fantastic.
Look at the gorgeous jewelry adorning her hand!
Congrats again, you guys! :)
Sarah and Ali are just plain awesome. Really, you could insert any other positive adjective there and it would be a true statement. So when they invited me to come down to DC to take their engagement photos, I jumped at the chance. It ended up being nearly 100 degrees that day, but you would never guess it looking at their photos below. Seriously, I was dripping sweat while they were looking completely fabulous. How do they do it?!
Their shoot took place at the National Mall, the site of their first date. We went from the Lincoln Memorial, past the Reflecting Pool, to the WWII Memorial, and ending up at the Jefferson Memorial. I had a blast on our whirlwind tour of the Mall, and Sarah and Ali were so much fun to photograph! I’m SO excited for their wedding this fall – and this time we’ll be closer to my home turf, as they’re getting married in North Jersey :)
Whoops – what’s wrong with this picture?
Where’s the Washington Monument?! I swear it was there, haha… :D
In case you were wondering, I’m based in the NYC area but I LOVE to travel! Love love love it. It doesn’t matter where in the world you are – if you want me to photograph your wedding, I’m there! :) So please do contact me!
Tiffany and NiiOkai celebrated their wedding day across two NYC boroughs. It began at the LaGuardia Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Queens, where Tiffany and her bridal party got ready. The ceremony was held at a church in Brooklyn, and was followed with some portraits at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. I’ve been to a good number of museums in NYC, but somehow I’d never even heard of this one. Turns out it’s a fantastic spot for a photoshoot! I only wish we’d had more time to roam around the museum.
Afterwards I headed back to Queens with the wedding party on a party bus, which ended up breaking down on the highway back – whoops! Thankfully a replacement bus was sent right away to pick us all up, so we didn’t miss much of the reception. Talk about luck!
Congrats to Tiffany and NiiOkai!
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