Brooklyn Photographer

Mike + Meghan Carroll Gardens Engagement Session

Meghan and Mike are awesome, and so are their two dogs, and so is their apartment in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. I’ve know Mike and Meghan from our summers at the beach and through my college friend Joe. Throughout the summer and fall, these two spend almost every weekend at the beach. If they’re not camping, fishing, or surfing they’re hanging out by the water with their friends enjoying a good beer.

When Mike proposed two weeks ago, out in Montauk, he quickly reached out asking if I could photograph their engagement photos. Everything these two do is done with a smile. So, I knew our shoot would be fun. Prior the session, I thought about how I could capture Mike and Meghan’s fun spirit. Luckily, they had a few ideas of their own; pizza, beer, dogs, their Brooklyn apartment, and the Yankees.

We started off in their apartment. Then, we moved on to their iconic Brooklyn brownstone steps. From there, we walked around Carroll gardens.

Laura + Andrew's Brooklyn Wedding

Congratulations Laura and Andrew! Photographing your wedding day, your friends, and your families was amazing. Your wedding day is one of my favorites for so many different reasons. The main reason, I love Brooklyn. It’s where Monika used to live there. Brooklyn is where we spent the past several years exploring and discovering all the things (Prospect Park, the food, the brownstones…) that make it so great.

Brooklyn is for lovers. This brooklyn wedding photographer is included.

Laura and Andrew also love Brooklyn. It’s where their relationship also blossomed, it’s the place they both call home, and it’s where they will live together with Laura’s two boys.

When I first met Andrew and Laura they explained their wedding day was going to be super simple. They didn’t want a big production. They wanted a wedding photographer to capture the day as it happened. This was not going to be a 12 hour day with getting ready photos, bridesmaids and groomsmen galore, and a rigid schedule. They were right. It was super simple and relaxing (for everyone!).

this Quintessential brooklyn wedding had all of the right ingredients, all of which are made in brooklyn, ny.

The wedding was at the Brooklyn Society For Ethical Culture in Park Slope right across from Prospect Park. Andrew and Laura found the space just by walking by and they chose the venue because it’s an empty canvas. You can make it what you want. Meaning you have to bring in your own food, caterer / event planner, and music. Of course, they made it a very Brooklyn wedding and they made it very them.

There was an awesome Blue Grass band, Citigrass, playing the whole afternoon and evening. For cocktail hour and dinner there was Dinosaur Barbecue. And lastly, for dessert there was Brooklyn’s very own and tasty Ample Hills Creamery.

Vendors:

Venue: BSEC

Caterer: Pampered Guests

Music: Citigrass

Food: Dinosaur Barbecue and Ample Hills Creamery