Last August, Aron entered a giveaway Miya and Elisabeth were offering: a photo session shot by Brooke Fitts and styled by You + ME. And he won! He told me all about it after the fact. I was so surprised! And a little nervous, I have to admit. We aren’t celebrating an engagement or a new addition, after all… Would it be strange? But it didn’t take me long to realize what a tremendous opportunity this was–to have professional, styled photos of us (where we’re not in our wedding clothes) to remember what it felt like to be newlyweds living in this beautiful city. What a wonderful gift!
The process was a lot of fun (even if Aron probably grew tired of me asking him what I should wear): Miya and Elisabeth sent us questionnaires (I said I’d always wanted a candid photo of the two of us in the style of Bob Dylan’s Freewheelin’ cover, for example) and then mood boards with suggestions. Miya even came by one day with a basket and some vintage cameras for us to play with; inside there was a note detailing the plan for us to meet them at the Union Square Greenmarket, after which we would head down–with Brooke–to Washington Square Park. It was all very mysterious.
It turned out to be a beautiful, sunny day, thank goodness. (It was a little too hot, in fact, for the layered fall outfits we’d planned, so Aron endured all that probing for not!) We had such a great time pretending we being followed by the paparazzi for a couple of hours and are grateful to Brooke, Miya and Elisabeth for a fun afternoon and a beautiful set of memories!
I thought we’d share some favorites…
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(all photos by Brooke Fitts)
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Lovely! My favorite is the last photo! Congrats on your win!
What a lovely prize and I love how all the photos turned out. Beautiful couple that you are!!
Way cute! Very sweet! Some of the best photos are those of the "everyday" variety, not necessarily of a special occassion. Lucky win!
ooh i love these! i love the 'paparazzi' concept.
These photos are so adorable! And what a great idea even if you don't have anything obvious to celebrate.
Thank you! I got a little nervous again when I was about to hit publish–I don't know why! Thanks so much…
Love the pictures! No need to be nervous, you both look gorgeous and the style of the pictures is fanatastic!
And, I love your trenchcoat!
Viele Gruesse, Kristina
Perfection. You both looked great and at ease. I love the one of you crossing the street.
photos look great! don't you just love pro photographers shooting you!?
This is so cool. If I were given the opportunity to have a photographer follow me and my boyfriend around I would love it! How else could you really capture the moment? No need to ask a stranger to take your pic in front of that pretty background. Complete freedom to act natural. How wonderful!
LOVE LOVE LOVE! You will treasure these FOREVER!
AGH these are drop dead gorgeous photos!!!!! What an amazing opportunity! I love the whole essence and style – your outfits and hair are effortlessly perfect in all of them as well!
you guys are the cutest!!! i love these shots. fantastic.
p.s. i also love your trench coat…just sayin.
wow, theses are GREAT pictures. what a great giveaway to win!
what a great opportunity.
the photos turned out awesome (especially the third)
great looking & talented couple you two are!
/nate
beyond wonderful…!
i love being in love with my husband *too. thanks for sharing.
Wow, what an amazing experience! You two look amazing and stylish and completely in love with each other and New York.
Fantastic photos of you two. You guys are just too cute!
Thanks for sharing!
PS: True fact: I can see the window of our old apartment in the background of the last photo!
Ohhhh!! What a great prize and what wonderful photographs!!
I mean this in the most complimentary way: these photos are so alike in quality and style to the ones you two take every day. You really are that good, and these photos are fantastic!
Brigid, that's so kind of you! Thank you!
Gorgeous photos, I love the laid-back, casual style. And the trench and blouse are perfect – you chose well!
Lisa
http://www.thingsilikeblog.com
these are amazing!!! I love all of them. And Ashley I LOVE your outfit (love love love the coat and shoes)
. Makes me miss New York terribly.
these are all gorgeous! What a fun thing to win!
I'll say it again … I LOVE your blog!! Nice to see the faces behind the creativity shown oh-so-lovely!
What great photos!
These are so great, you guys look so happy, I actually love the fact it is just you enjoying each other and not a special occasion (well it is a special occasion) but you know what I mean!!!
you two look SO adorable!!!!! i love these!!!
how fun. you guys look great. i love that polka dot blouse!
Amazing photos! Thanks for sharing.
How brilliant! These are beautiful photos – you are very lucky! And I adore your sunglasses! so chic!
these are beautiful photos. You guys were so lucky to win. The photos capture something that is beyond those posed portraits that are typically done.
Thanks so much, everyone! (I ran out and bought that blouse the morning of, when I realized how warm it was going to be and saw that most of my favorite "transition weather" items were in the laundry basket!)
I love the casual feel and tone to these photos. How fun that you won!
These are so gorgeous! You look like famous folks getting "papped" in one of them.
What a wonderful opportunity – and fabulous results.