Meghan and Evan:
Afternoon Engagement Portrait in City Park

It was a beautiful afternoon for an engagement portrait, and Meghan and Evan were so easy to work with! Their wedding will be later this year at the Marigny Opera House. We photographed by the Peristyle, the Butler Fountain, and of course the iconic Langles Bridge.

The Langles Bridge is perhaps the most iconic structure in New Orleans City Park (maybe only topped by the Peristyle)… many wedding, bridal, and engagement portraits have been captured on it! For the shot of this couple sitting on the bridge, I positioned them and just asked them to hang out there for a bit and talk to each other as though I was not there, which resulted in a wonderfully natural series of photographs.

When shooting in City Park, I almost always get the side view of the bridge with the couple at the top, and in this case we got lucky with a swan swimming nearby.

As is readily evident, City Park is a versatile location for engagement portraits, with a great variety of spots to work with.