Laura and Tim's Rainy Engagement in NYC | Grand Central Station Engagements | Apollo Fields Wedding Photography

Sideways rain and high winds, crumbling umbrellas and leaping over puddles. It takes a certain brand of person to still want to hold their engagement photo session in New York City under those conditions, but boy are we grateful that Laura and Tim are our brand of romantic and crazy. These two showed us that with the right amount of flexibility, love can still shine through the thickest of clouds, and send raindrops the size of marbles down into the gutter to gently roll down stream.

We began Laura and Tim’s engagement photo session in Grand Central Station, where the ornate architecture of the building framed the warmth of their relationship with a classy and cozy glow. We recounted how they met right around the same time Heather and I met (the end of 2014), sharing similar awkward stories about the endings of our respective first dates. When we stopped on a ramp to take their first series of photos, they nestled into each others arms as if they were cuddling beneath a blanket on the couch, laughingly saying, “we’re not sure how we’re supposed to be standing,” to which we assured them, “just keep doing exactly what you’re doing.”

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Laura and Tim have a certain chemistry that is impossible not to photograph, embodying a comfort and ease that requires nothing else to understand its beauty. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a picture of these two is a book on aesthetics. I honestly don’t mean to be so flattering, but I can’t help it when I can see the love that flows so naturally out of them. Somehow they made the first time we all met on a rainy day seem like a warm spring, sunny day in Central Park—and that deserves to be celebrated.

We eventually wound up succumbing to the power of Mother Nature and ducked out in a local Irish pub, Rosie Dunn’s, for a couple of pints and conversation. The positive vibes must’ve followed us into that place because the friendly waitress invited us to continue the photo session in their beautifully styled modern-gothic private space upstairs. After a few more photos we wrapped and sat down to share stories and get to know each other better.

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Laura and Tim have been dating for five years and at some point knew they’d get married, but the catalyst of the wedding was romantic to its core. While shopping in an antique ring shop for their wedding bands in November 2019, they stumbled across a set that had the date “2/22/30” with a set of initials and thought, “wouldn’t it be cute if we got married on their 90 year anniversary, 2/22/20?” After discussing with family and friends to see if the logistics could feasibly work, to their own surprise, they began planning for their wedding in just a short couple of months.

With most of everything in place except a few small decisions, they are more at ease than most couples who spend years planning their special day. Laura and Tim have reminded us that when there is a real chemistry in a relationship, love can overcome crappy weather and short timelines all the same—just let those raindrops bounce off your proverbial umbrella and watch them gently flow down stream.