Time to write about the last engagement session that Danny and I had during our stay here in Manhattan, New York. Mary and Adam were referred by our beloved couple Beth and Nik who got married at Wayfarer’s Chapel and Shade Hotel, Manhattan Beach. Mary and Adam were such a stylish and energetic pair, which made this engagement photo session so fun and exciting from beginning to end! Since Manhattan, New York offered so many locations that we cannot cover all in one day, we had to choose wisely on where to take our engagement pictures. In the end, we all narrowed down the photo session to the following locations: Central Park, iPhone Cube Store, SoHo (South of Houston), and Meat Packing District. Since the engagement photo session started early, it was a nice weather to start our stroll down Central Park. The evergreens paired with the other trees that shed their autumn leaves was such a beautiful combination for any picture! We ran around from the lake…and restricted areas for the following photographs!

Side note: For you Apple lovers, they are district managers of Apple branches all over New York, which meant they clowned on my Droid phone. Unfortunately, I was out-manned and out-gunned since Danny also owns an iPhone. (sad face)

Grand Central Station
Manhattan, New York

Apple Cube Store
Manhattan, New York

Central Park
Manhattan, New York

There were two photos of the day and they are the following two below! The funny side story to these following photos was that during our engagement photo session, there were other engagement sessions that went on near us. Since Danny and I tried to avoid the crowd and did something different, the other photographers trailed us and copied us every step of the way. We eventually gave the other photographers a few pointers. Share the wealth, right?!

Meatpacking District
Manhattan, New York

After we had our fill over at Central Park, we concluded everything over at Meat Packing District and The High Line.

Even though the two love birds both live in Manhattan, they will be celebrating their wedding over at Wayfarer’s Chapel and Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach.

Cheers,

Doug – Doug – Furious Photographers | Furious Photographers Blog | Destination Wedding Photography | Wedding Photography Portfolio

Our next crazy photo adventure took us to the Big Apple (Manhattan, New York)! Danny and I spent the weekend for two engagement photography sessions! Once engagement photo session was in the suburbs, while the other photo session took place in the heart of Manhattan, New York! Our friends, Caroline and Eugene, are two love birds who met in college and fell in love at first sight. Danny and I were actually one of the witnesses when they got married at City Hall to make things official before their grand wedding with everyone else a few months afterward; it was such a touching moment. Anyway, after the paperwork was signed and wrapped up, we wasted no time to start their engagement photography session! After the long scenic route across New York, we ended at a park sentimental to them to start their pictures! With the Fall season during this photo session, the leaves displayed all their vibrant yellows, reds, and oranges!!! Of course since we all have mutual friends, our buds all tagged along and photo-bombed a handful of pictures…we totally encouraged it.

Manhattan
NYC, New York

A quick photo down at City Hall before we headed to the park!

With all the autumn leaves, these following engagement pictures were so colorful! I LOVE IT!

…Dave, you photo-bomber.

After we finished kicking leaves at the park, we cruised around the city for donuts and coffee. Sorry, no photos of our donuts, but we did get some fun pictures of our crew.

I hope you all enjoyed these destination engagement photos in New York! I will be posting the second engagement session in the heart of Manhattan shortly.

Cheers,

Doug – Furious Photographers | Furious Photographers Blog | Destination Wedding Photography | Wedding Photography Portfolio

Today’s engagement session took us to sunny Santa Monica Pier where I photographed on of my dear friends and classmate from UCLA (University of CA, Los Angeles), Marci and Faustino! Marci and Faustino had a quick break in their busy schedules to fit in their engagement photo session and since they both live in Santa Monica, this place was most suitable for this fun loving couple. The colorful arrangements from the Ferris Wheel and roller coasters added that extra spice to these pictures. We ran around and took photos from the top all the way to the bottom of the pier where we got our feet wet a bit. For you macaroni and cheese lovers, we wrapped up our engagement photo session with a HUGE MACARONI! I hope that macaroni will be a permanent piece at Santa Monica Pier…such a cool tourist attraction. Check out their pictures!

Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica, CA

What better way to include in the engagement photo session than a sweet mac n’ cheese noodle!

I will be posting their wedding at Marina City Club soon, so keep watching!

Cheers,

Doug – Furious Photographers | Furious Photographers Blog | Destination Wedding Photography | Wedding Photography Portfolio

This will be my last wedding entry for the night, so I will make it a good one. I will pick up from where I left off tomorrow…with the rest of the 100+ wedding and engagement posts to do. To end tonight with something sweet, Angie and Irwanto’ws wedding at Universal Hilton in Studio City should do the trick. It felt like only recently when Danny and I photographed Angie and Irwanto’s engagement photo session over at Laguna Beach and Los Angeles where we photographed on epic picture at LACMA (Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art)! Now that it was time for Angie and Irwanto to get married at Universal Hilton, Angie toned down the red and jumped into her beautiful white wedding dress. With Irwanto always being the funny guy with his subtle jokes, he showed off his t-shirt before suiting up. His t-shirt stated, “HERE I AM now what are were your other 2 wishes?” which put a smile on everyone’s faces that morning!

With all jokes aside, Angie and Irwanto had quite a touching wedding here at Universal Hilton. Before the grand wedding down at the courtyard, Geoff and I photographed a more intimate wedding tea ceremony in their suite with both their immediate families when both parents offered their blessings the newly weds. After all was said and done, the entire wedding party left together and walked down the aisle where all their wedding guests eagerly waited for them. Aside from the vows and formalities, Irwanto and the officiant tossed so many subtle jokes around that made photographing this wedding so much more memorable. If only I recorded some of their wedding ceremony in video to remember them all! Either way, the wedding photographs were enough to express the joy and happiness in everyone’s faces!

Universal Hilton
Studio City, Ca
Los Angeles County

Dig the shirt, Irwanto!

I am a sucker for bubbles ever since I was a kid, so this wedding photo wins for the day by default!

To conclude this wedding photo gallery, I thought this was rather unique to watch Angie’s mother and grandmother share a dance while the rest of the wedding guests mingled about their tables and groups. Since no one was at the dance floor yet, the two thought they should break in the party first. Since everyone was too shy to join in the beginning, all photographs were concentrated on them for quite some time and I had a feeling these two loved every moment of the attention.

Congratulations again to the both of you, Angie and Irwanto! It was our pleasure to be your wedding photographers here at Universal Hilton in Studio City!

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

p.s. – I promise to drop by your sushi restaurant soon, Irwanto!!!

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Danny and my next trip took us back to beautiful Old Town Pasadena for Jazmin and Arturo’s engagement photography session. It was a cloudy weather somewhat like today, but without the chances of rain. Either way, they brightened up the mood with their quirky personalities and colorful outfits! We went from one alley to another during their engagement shoot. One sweet alley in Pasadena that we found was actually in the process of repainting by street artist. With the fresh coat of paint on the wall, it brought out so much colors in the background of Jazmin and Arturo’s engagement pictures! After all the running around in Old Town Pasadena, we wrapped everything up in Pasadena City Hall with the grand hallways and arches. Check it out!

Old Town Pasadena
Los Angeles, CA

Pasadena City Hall
Los Angeles, CA

Thank you for the fun afternoon! I will be posting their beautiful backyard wedding photos from Burbank shortly!

Cheers,

Doug – Contact Me!

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