Kayla Schmidt 8/12/21 Kayla Schmidt 8/12/21

Zach's Proposal to Kim (Central Park, NY)

My coworker Zach reached out to me about photographing his proposal to his girlfriend Kim in Central Park. Zach had put lots of planning and effort into the day and sent me (and a bunch of their friends who were involved) an email with the plan. Excerpt from said email:

“9:45 - 10 a.m. - Zach and Kim leave to go get coffee at Daniel and to "plan to meet" Dan and Martha in Central Park.
10:30 - 10: 45 a.m. - Zach bends the knee at the "Native Meadow" where Kayla will be waiting for us.

10:45 - 11:30 a.m. - Zach and Kim take Photos"

Central Park is a very common photo-op spot, and the area where Zach was planning to propose was especially beautiful and filled with flowers and plants, so it wasn’t suspicious at all that I was there with my camera. I waited until they were entering the path leading to the large rock where Zach would get down on a knee and I followed. At this point, Kim was getting a bit suspicious as she recognized me as Zach’s coworker and now I was following them, but Zach didn’t waste any time and proposed on the top of the rock and Kim said yes. Yay!

Congratulations, Zach & Kim!

Kayla Schmidt 11/30/16 Kayla Schmidt 11/30/16

Lela and Paul's Engagement Session (New York, NY)

I met up with Lela & Paul in November for an engagement shoot at a few of their favorite places in NYC. We started in Manhattan at Central Park where the foliage was absolutely at peak color (STILL in November!). We wandered through the park and made our way East to Carl Shurz Park to take advantage of the beautiful bridges and water views. Lela & Paul live in Astoria, Queens so we ended our shoot there and I got to tour some of their favorite local spots, ending the day with cocktails at The Bonnie.