Central Park Times Square Engagement | Sherin & Blesson
Central Park on any given day is a lot of things at once — busy, beautiful, layered with people living their own version of the city. Find the right path at the right hour, though, and it quiets down considerably. That’s where we started with Sherin and Blesson — tucked into the park, away from the main corridors, getting comfortable with each other before the city had other plans for us.
Blesson flew in from Texas for the weekend. Sherin wanted the Cowboys jersey woven into the session — so he wore it for Central Park. That detail said more about who he is than a posed portrait ever could. He owned it completely.
Central Park
We spent the first part of the morning exploring — wandering paths, finding pockets of light, letting the two of them settle into the session at their own pace. Central Park rewards that approach. The more you move through it without rushing, the more it gives you. Sherin and Blesson were easy together from the start. So you follow that kind of energy and let the location do the rest.
Because they moved naturally through the space, the photographs came quickly. There was no stiffness to work through, no awkward adjustment period. Moreover, the park’s varied settings — open paths, tree canopies, quieter stretches away from the main corridors — gave us enough range to work with before we made our way south.
Central Park: where the session began
We spent the first part of the morning exploring — wandering paths, finding pockets of light, letting the two of them settle into the session at their own pace. Central Park rewards that approach. The more you move through it without rushing, the more it gives you. Sherin and Blesson were easy together from the start, which made the park work in our favor. You follow that kind of energy and let the location do the rest.
The outfit change
Before heading to Times Square, Sherin and Blesson changed into their second look. The jersey had done its job in the park — personal, specific, completely them. Times Square called for something different. That shift between the two looks gave the session a natural arc, and the contrast between Central Park and Midtown was already built in. The outfit change made it complete.
Documenting two looks in a single session is something I always appreciate. It tells a fuller story of who the couple is — and for Sherin and Blesson, both looks were, in fact, exactly right for where they were.
Times Square
From Central Park, we made our way toward Times Square — loud, relentless, visually chaotic in ways that can work for or against you depending on the couple. With Sherin and Blesson, it worked. The energy of the place matched the energy they brought to it. Furthermore, their second look against the neon and the crowds gave the photographs a completely different register than the park frames.
Nobody blends into Times Square, and they didn’t try to. That contrast — the quiet of Central Park followed by the full intensity of Midtown — gave the session a range that one location alone couldn’t have produced. Still, the thread running through both was the same: two people genuinely at ease with each other, in a city that gave them everything they came for.
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The wedding day came next. Read about Sherin and Blesson’s wedding at the Surf Club on the Sound here.
