Pooja may have suspected that she was going to get proposed to that day, but she didn’t know how. After some time walking around the Bethesda Terrace with Aalap, Pooja looked over at the row boats and said “I hope were not going on one of those boats.” Aalap responded, “Oh, were going on those boats.” Laughing and smiling the whole time, Aalap and Pooja got on the row boat and paddled out to the Bow Bridge, where he had finally asked the question. It was such a sweet moment, with such wonderful people and we are so excited to share it with you!

Lauren and Ed had booked an IHNY session to capture the fall colors in Central Park but what Lauren didn’t know was that Ed was planning to surprise her with a ring! We loved her reaction and are loving this set of photos even more. Her red dress, his crisp white shirt and the oranges in the trees are magnificent! Congrats you two!

Big congrats to Amber and Mahdi! These two live in Minnesota but travel all around the globe, this time they landed in NYC, for a moment. Mahdi took Amber (and his mom!) above the skies of NYC in a private helicopter tour to propose to Amber while flying past the Statue of Liberty! We were the “tourists” who photographed the whole thing and even got to hear the sweet moment over the helicopter headsets, so awesome!

Raana and Fady are tango dancers so what better way to add some extra flavor to this surprise proposal than a few awesome moves! Fady surprised Raana with a walk in Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain where he stopped and popped the question.

After these two Skyped their families in Syria and Lebanon to share the good news we took some fun portraits around the park.

On top of this romantic proposal Fady also took over a park performer’s piano to serenade is bride to be! So romantic!

Sometimes here at IHNY we get certain phone calls about future sessions that we cannot wait to see all the way through, Isaac’s proposal plan was certainly one of those. His plan to literally sweep his lady off her feet was so romantic and sweet we are so happy we were able to be involved.