Nelson and Shae were in New York for their anniversary and wanted to have photos taken. When Shae emailed me, I just assumed she was from Orange County as well, but turns out they’re from Texas! They found me thanks to Instagram and my website - so cool! It was so fun to connect with them and hang out in Brooklyn even on a fairly cold day.
Kelly and Steven visited New York for a wedding earlier this year. Kelly DMed me on Instagram for recommendations for food, coffeeshops and things to do. I sent her a bit of a list, then realized I had plenty of time to do photos for them and offered to do a quick session with them since we were hoping to meet up anyway. We met in Central Park, walked around Bethesda Fountain and the mall areas of the park before grabbing coffee. This was their first time having professional photos taken together and they killed it! They wound up getting engaged a few weeks later, which is why I count this as an engagement session. So excited for these two!!
OK! I straight up love these two! I feel so blessed to have met them and to be a part of this anniversary picnic in Central Park. It was nothing short of perfect. Could you even tell it was 90 degrees? We were all sweating... TMI?
Meeting these two was a whirlwind. I first spotted them in November 2014 when Monte was photographing Kayla for her blog on Bedford. His beard at the time was MASSIVE, so he was hard to miss. I mean they're honestly hard to miss with their killer style. The friend I was with mentioned wanting to work with them, so I told him to go up and talk to them (because even I was too nervous to strike up a conversation). He shook his head no and we kept walking, assuming we'd never see them again...
Flash forward a couple of days and I was at Nu New York helping with a small piece for their social media. Can you guess who the model was? Kayla and Monte showed up and of course I went straight to telling them how I had spotted them and wanted to chat with them, so this was beyond awesome to get to meet and work with them! They were both so kind and kept saying I should have come up! (TIP: Always always always!! just do it. Don't be afraid. You'll regret it if you don't and things like this may not happen every time) The funniest part of the entire day was Monte and I were wearing the exact same outfit!
Unfortunately, I met them on the last leg of my first solo trip in New York, so I couldn't plan an actual shoot out. BUT we met up 8 months later for a couple of shoots! I shot with Kayla on her own (view here) and the two of them together in celebration of their anniversary. Enjoy these cuties!!
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