{"id":27107,"date":"2018-09-11T15:24:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T20:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/?p=27107"},"modified":"2018-09-12T18:33:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T23:33:58","slug":"max-eleanor-soho-wedding-marble-garden-housing-works-bookstore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/max-eleanor-soho-wedding-marble-garden-housing-works-bookstore\/","title":{"rendered":"Max &amp; Eleanor&#8217;s Wedding at Housing Works Bookstore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fb-follow\">\n<div>Max and Eleanor planned an intimate celebration with close family and friends at several locations around Soho, all within walking distance of their wonderful venue, the Housing Works Bookstore.\u00a0 The weather was looking iffy but then turned out to be just perfect, always a welcome turnaround!\u00a0 Eleanor got ready at the Bowery Hotel just around the block from their ceremony spot, the New York Marble Cemetery, which, for the record, does not feel like a cemetery at all, but is a big beautiful open grassed area perfectly suited for a wedding ceremony!\u00a0 I couldn&#8217;t believe I&#8217;d never been to this hidden gem of a spot in all my years shooting weddings&#8230; after their first look and some portraits there in the garden we took a walk around the block and went back up to their room at the Bowery Hotel to get some shots on their surprise bonus balcony while they kept out of sight as guests arrived.\u00a0 The ceremony itself was super sweet&#8211; the couple shared vows they&#8217;d written themselves and exchanged rings, all with the excellent officiating of their friend who had been specially ordained online for the occasion.\u00a0 After walking back down the aisle the couple and I made our way outside for some &#8220;just married&#8221; portraits on the route to Housing Works, taking a taxi part of the way and making use of the NYC street scenes.\u00a0 We arrived to find guests enjoying a cocktail hour in the bookstore.\u00a0 I love shooting weddings at Housing Works&#8211; the warmth of the wood bookcases full of used literature really adds character to any wedding and of course the nonprofit nature of the organization itself always warms the heart.\u00a0 Highlights of the evening included a fabulous set of toasts, a choreographed first dance, complete with a beautiful dip (*shout out to 2nd shooter, Ryan, who nailed the shot!), and a wonderful sparkler exit complete with decorated citibikes for the couple to ride back to the Bowery Hotel.\u00a0 I can only imagine the afterparty on their beautiful balcony. Congratulations to Max and Eleanor, it was an honor and a pleasure capturing this momentous occasion!<img id=\"pp-lightbox-1536636111\" class=\"pp-lightbox-placeholder pp-gallery-placeholder lightbox-1536636111 mceItem\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/p4\/placeholders\/lightbox-placeholder-1536636111.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/289209444?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><strong>Vendor Credits:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Getting Ready Location:\u00a0Bowery Hotel<\/div>\n<div>Ceremony Location:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marblecemetery.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Marble Cemetery<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Reception Venue:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingworks.org\/locations\/bookstore-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Housing Works Bookstore Cafe<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Event Design:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernrebelco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Shackelford, DoC<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Wedding gown:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pronovias.com\/wedding-dresses\/atelier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atelier Pronovias<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Hair:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cassandrasuarez.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cassandra Suarez<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Makeup:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cassandrasuarez.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cassandra Suarez<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Groom&#8217;s suit\/tux:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hugoboss.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hugo Boss<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Floral Design:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theminirose.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mini Rose<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Catering:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comparticatering.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comparti<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Music:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelastnites.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Last Nites<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max and Eleanor planned an intimate celebration with close family and friends at several locations around Soho, all within walking distance of their wonderful venue, the Housing Works Bookstore.\u00a0 The weather was looking iffy but then turned out to be just perfect, always a welcome turnaround!\u00a0 Eleanor got ready at the Bowery Hotel just around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[40],"tags":[1443,1444,1442,1449,1445,1452,1447,303,897,1450,1441,247,71,1182,109,1451,1448,1446],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27107"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27454,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27107\/revisions\/27454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahtewphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}