Michelle and Jose are an engaged couple whose engagement session took place in Beacon, New York, in the Hudson Valley, photographed by Acromatico. They chose an abandoned factory with graffiti walls and broken windows, then warmed up afterward at a downtown Beacon coffee house.
For this session Acromatico traveled to New York for Michelle and Jose, who had just gotten engaged and wanted to do something out of the box. With so many options in New York, the couple chose an abandoned factory in Beacon for their engagement session. After arriving in Beacon, finding the park, and a long walk, they reached the factory: graffiti walls, broken windows, an artsy space. Though it was technically "spring," there was still snow on the ground and freezing 30-degree weather, so Michelle brought the season back herself in a red dress, staying a trooper through soaked feet, dust, and broken glass to get the shots.
After sundown, the group headed to downtown Beacon for coffee to warm up, shooting a few more frames inside the coffee house before wrapping the session. Acromatico is a family-run photography and brand studio, founded in 2004 and working across South Florida and New York City with a dark fine-art aesthetic.
“Soaked feet, dust, broken glasses, spray paint, we went through it all just to get some cool shots. Definitely worth it!”
Good to know
Beacon is a small city in Dutchess County, New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River in the Hudson Valley, roughly 60 miles north of New York City. It is reachable by Metro-North's Hudson Line, which makes it a popular day-trip destination for couples coming up from the city. The walkable downtown along Main Street is lined with independent coffee houses, galleries, and shops — the kind of spot Michelle and Jose ducked into to warm up after their shoot.
The city is known for Dia Beacon, a major contemporary art museum housed in a former Nabisco box-printing factory, and sits at the foot of Mount Beacon. Its mix of riverfront, mountain trails, and old industrial buildings gives couples a range of backdrops in a compact area — from graffiti-covered factory interiors to the Hudson waterfront — which is why it draws engagement and portrait sessions year-round. Couples planning a cold-weather session here should expect snow and freezing temperatures well into the calendar spring, so bring warm layers between outfit changes.
