New York City and Brooklyn Bridge Engagement Session

There’s nothing quite like autumn on the East Coast—a great excuse to dust off our warm coats and scarves. Lee and Yunus wanted to capture the romance of New York City and it turned out to be one of our favorite engagement sessions to date!

We joined the couple just blocks from their Manhattan apartment in Central Park. Fortuitously, the unseasonably heavy rains of this past summer pushed peak autumn foliage later than usual—just in time for our visit. And we were absolutely blown away by the rich colors down the Literary Mall and Bethesda Fountain. As we meandered through Central Park during the engagement session, we couldn’t help but stop Lee and Yunus over and over, gorgeous vignettes surrounded us everywhere we looked. On our way out of Central Park, crossing Fifth Avenue, we were able, for a brief moment, to capture the perfect image looking toward midtown Manhattan through taxis and buses, Lee and Yunus in a stunning embrace. A portrait pairing the iconic Fifth Avenue and the engaged couple.

Light on the East Coast is different than California, filtered through puffball clouds and mature trees. When the sun sets in New York, there’s a luminous haze that holds onto the day for a few precious minutes before collapsing into twilight. We wanted to capture that exact moment in time and convinced Lee and Yunus to take a few more engagement photos on the Brooklyn Bridge just at sunset. The gothic towers of the bridge, the twinkle of Manhattan’s urban lights, and the soft glow of the sunset made for some of the most romantic engagement photos we’ve ever captured.

We hope you enjoy this curated selection of images from Lee and Yunus’s urban engagement session in New York, New York.

These romantic urban engagement photos were taken at Central Park in New York City, and on the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn.

Boston wedding photographer Todd Danforth Photography is an LGBTQ+ and POC-owned wedding photography team specializing in capturing joyful and candid moments. As storytellers and craftspeople, we believe in the power of visual narratives. Our mission is to create honest and authentic photographs you can share with your loved ones for generations to come.