How to Elope in NYC

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What it is NOW like to get married at NYC City Hall The rules for getting hitched down at City Hall have changed drastically post-Covid.  After we went through the Zoom nuptial era, the Office of the City Clerk is finally accepting couples for in-house elopements.  But it is not the same place, and there […]

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City Hall Wedding Portrait Locations

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If you are going to tie the knot down at City Hall, the reality is you don’t have a lot of obvious options for portraits in the area. Just walking into the Marriage Bureau office, you’ll notice you are surrounded by construction and scaffolding. While you do have locations such as the Little Wedding Garden, […]

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Wedding Website Tips

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A belated happy turkey day to you all!  With Thanksgiving behind us, it’s time to get back to work. If creating a wedding website (or ‘wedsite’ as it has become known) is on your list of things to do, have I got a blog post for you. Please enjoy this comprehensive list of wedding website […]

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Aadhya & Aarav’s City Hall Indian Wedding

Indian bride and groom wearing traditional sari and flower garlands at a NYC City Hall Indian wedding

As promised, I am so happy to share with you photos from Aadhya and Aarav’s City Hall Indian wedding on Monday!  These two met eight years ago while both were volunteering in India.  And though Aadhya eventually moved to Ethiopia and Aarav moved to the UK, love couldn’t keep them apart.  Their friendship turned romantic, […]

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Helen & Grant’s City Hall Wedding Photos

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It was such a pleasure to photograph Helen and Grant yesterday down at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau!  They came all the way over from England to tie the knot, and their City Hall wedding photos prove that it was worth the commute.  Check out the images and get some details on their nuptials in today’s […]

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A NYC LGBTQ City Hall Wedding

Two grooms kissing after a NYC LGBTQ City Hall wedding ceremony

I am so pleased to introduce you all to Jace and Michael — whose NYC LGBTQ City Hall wedding I recently photographed. This transgender couple met in 1997 while on a bus to school when Jace was Jennifer.  I’ve got all the details of this couple’s creative, DIY wedding in today’s blog post!

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Karen & Ted’s City Hall Wedding

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Well, this is a first: I served as a witness at a City Hall wedding!  It was a fun day photographing Karen and Ted as they said ‘I do’ downtown, though the day started with bigger wedding plans. But fear not, all’s well that ends with photos on the Brooklyn Bridge, as I always say. […]

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