June, 2022 | Conservatory Garden, Wisteria Pergola

Well this was indeed an iconic New York City wedding. From beginning to end, M + C had their own personal touches in everything.

Wedding Photography at PUBLIC Hotel

PUBLIC Hotel is such an incredible place to start out the wedding day, and portrait photography at PUBLIC is fantastic because of all of the great views and architecture. These guys really took advantage, getting ready with their bridesmaids and groomsmen in beautiful rooms. I arrived to catch the final touches of getting ready - the hair spray, the final dress buttoning, and the bridesmaid toast!

Wedding portraits at PUBLIC give you the option of photos in each of the beautiful rooms, but also in the main lobby is a beautiful area with lounge couches, a killer mirror with LEDs (see the blue silhouette photo below), a garden outside, and a lit up escalator with mirrors (holy smokes, would be happy to spend a full hour shooting just in this part of the hotel).

Wedding and Elopement Photography at Central Park Conservatory Garden

Shooting wedding photography in Central Park is a treat by itself, but at the Wisteria Pergola of the Conservatory Garden the scenery is incredible - a giant green lawn with a 20-foot-high fountain backed by a pergola overhanging with green vines and a stone path. The guests gathered under the pergola while a violinist and cellist serenaded the group waiting for the bridesmaids, flower girl, doggie, and bride to come down.

Once vows were exchanged, the couple came back down the “aisle” to applause and we wrangled together a photo of the entire group (these never turn out like “hey, look it’s uncle Bob, Pete, and Jane” but more like “wow, what a beautiful group and turnout!”). We then started into photos with the bridal parties and families, which was right at the time when the groom told me that he had a surprise for the bride (typically don’t recommend doing this on your wedding day but he nailed it), and we would only have about 1/3 of the time we originally had for photos, but would need to do so without the bride knowing.

Success! We had a beautiful Conservatory Garden wedding photography session from the walkways, to the pergola, to the brick walls, to the giant grass lawn. We were able to finish up by the gates of the garden where the bride was surprised with a classic New York checkered taxi! What an amazing surprise that made for some classic New York City wedding photography.

The night ended with a reception at DK, an iconic steakhouse in NYC. Food, dancing, toasts, mini taxis, cannolis, and a dope “The Masons” sign.

Wedding photography at the wisteria pergola, central park

If you’re looking to do some Central Park Wedding or Elopement Photography, let’s chat about how to capture the day in an unforgettable, natural, and creative way. Reach out, and let’s make it happen.