Michelle and Michael got engaged and chose the High Line — the elevated park in Manhattan, New York City — for their engagement session, photographed by Acromatico. Michelle, a longtime friend of the studio, had just moved from Florida to New Jersey to close out the couple's long-distance chapter.
For this session Acromatico headed back up to New York City, where Michelle and Michael chose the High Line for their engagement photos. Michelle is a dear friend of the studio, and after Michael popped the question the team couldn't wait to meet him and shoot the couple together. Michelle had moved up from Florida only a few weeks earlier to end the couple's long-distance stretch, officially making her, as the studio put it, a Jersey Girl — and she fit right in.
It was the middle of summer: a hot, sticky day on a park that, at any given time, is packed with locals and tourists. Despite the crowds, the team managed to sneak some shots, stop some traffic, and work around the foot traffic. Everyone got a little hangry pushing through the heat — at one point Michael told Michelle she "smelled like fried chicken" — before they eventually made it to food and, this being NYC, drinks. With the wedding still ahead, these are a sneak peek from the engagement session.
“Despite the crowds, we managed to sneak some shots, stop some traffic and push people out the way.”
Good to know
The High Line is a public park built on a former elevated freight rail line on Manhattan's West Side in New York City. It runs above the streets through the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea, and up toward Hudson Yards, and is one of the most heavily visited spots in the city — as Michelle and Michael found, it is rarely empty of locals and tourists at any hour.
For couples planning an engagement session here, that foot traffic is the main thing to plan around. Early mornings are quieter, summer afternoons run hot on the exposed walkway, and the linear path means it helps to pick your favorite stretches in advance. The surrounding neighborhoods put food and drinks within easy walking distance once you've wrapped — exactly the route this session took.
