Lori and Ben chose a hidden waterfront spot near the Fort Lauderdale port for a sunrise engagement session, photographed by Acromatico, a family-run South Florida and New York City studio. The couple picked the location themselves, and it was new to the studio too.
For Lori and Ben's engagement session, Acromatico got up really early to catch the sunrise. This time the studio did not even know where it was going, because Lori and Ben picked the location themselves: a hidden spot in Fort Lauderdale, right by the Fort Lauderdale port, that the studio had never seen before.
The spot earned its place fast. Acromatico calls it one of the awesomest hidden spots they had photographed, and added it to their list of top favorite locations after this sunrise session.
“Lori and Ben picked the awesomest hidden spot in Fort Lauderdale to do their engagement session, we had never seen this place before.”
Good to know
The Fort Lauderdale port area refers to Port Everglades, the deep-water seaport on Florida's southeast coast straddling the cities of Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Dania Beach in Broward County. The surrounding stretch of Atlantic coastline includes public beaches and quieter waterfront pockets that face east, which makes the area well suited to sunrise photography when the light comes up directly over the ocean.
Couples planning an early-morning beach engagement session near the port should note that east-facing shoreline here means the best light arrives at dawn, before the crowds and the midday heat. South Florida sunrise sessions reward an early start, exactly the approach Lori and Ben took.
Acromatico is a family-run photography and brand studio founded in 2004, working across South Florida and New York City with a dark fine-art aesthetic. The studio is familiar with Fort Lauderdale and the wider Broward County coastline, and is open to couples' own location ideas, as Lori and Ben's hidden spot shows.
