Best NYC Locations for Editorial-Style Engagement Photos

Editorial photography, unlike Candid or Architectural photography, revolves around a theme or concept – in this case, your love. With guided direction, an editorial photographer captures moments that showcase the essence of your relationship and what your engagement means for you both. Thus, the setting can be vital towards showing off what makes your relationship special!

What surrounds you? What’s in the background? What makes up the core of your individual personalities and how they come together? If you’re having trouble picking just one location in New York to embody all of this, I recommend these places to start:

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1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)

This famous museum is the perfect place to capture the art of your relationship, with picture-perfect rooms where you’ll be surrounded by brilliant statues and masterpieces of framed paintings.

2. The New York Public Library

The esteemed Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library is only a block away from Times Square and in the middle of Bryant Park, offering beautiful interiors lit by vintage lamps and iconic entrance steps outside for your engagement pictures.

3. Top of the Rock

This iconic tourist attraction gives you a 360-degree view of the skyline within its modern interior. It offers a multitude of shots where you and your lover are framed by your reflections in the glass and the city below you, creating a classic editorial look for your photos!

4. Brooklyn Bridge

With the most perfect naturally placed leading lines and city backgrounds, the famous Brooklyn Bridge is another tourist attraction that will bring your engagement photos to the next level. Shots of a romantic stroll on this landmark that emphasize the love between you and your fiancé(e) will result in the most timeless photos of your engagement.

5. Central Park

The central tourist attraction of the Big Apple, Central Park holds multiple acclaimed spots for the most romantic engagement photos. The Gondola ride through the still lake allows you to be romantically captured within the trees and skyline, and the multiple bridges such as the Gapstow Bridge or the Inscope Arch frames you and your partner within a classic symbol of transition.

6. Brooklyn Botanic Garden

In another borough, this garden houses the most cinematic cherry blossom trees and greenhouses for you to show off your new engagement ring with your partner amongst the blooming blossoms!

7. The High Line

With classic cobblestone streets below and intimate bridges above to encompass your love, the High Line in Chelsea layers their incredible backgrounds of the city skyline with a frame of lush bushes. Some notable sections include the Hudson River Overlook, with its view of the water below and native plantings, as well as The Plinth at 30th Street that is entirely dedicated to large scale public art.

8. West Village

For the springtime lovers, the season in this neighborhood comes with cherry blossom-lined roads, vintage brownstones, classic architecture, and charming cafés. As you stroll through, these romantic streets provide the perfect location for elegant, soft engagement photos.

9. Bethesda Fountain

Directly in front of the Plaza Hotel and Central Park, the iconic Bethesda Fountain embodies love in the busy city, offering an intimate setting amongst the bustle of the surrounding streets.

10. The Conservatory Garden

Another garden within the Manhattan borough, the Conservatory on Upper East Side sports lush greenery, an elegant fountain, and a romantic trellis framed by climbing ivies – perfect for couples who are nature-lovers!

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Getting engaged is one of the most exciting moments in life and capturing this next step in your relationship in a photo album to look back on should be absolutely perfect!