North End of Boston Engagement Pictures :: Ashlee + Eric

Meet Eric & Ashlee:

A couple of years ago Ashlee worked with Molly. Molly said to Ashlee, "Hey, I have this dude for you!"

Molly's husband worked with Eric and asked him if he wanted to be set up. Eric was all, "Meh, maybe..." but then he saw a picture of Ashlee and was TOTALLY into the idea of being set up :)

Eric pulled out all the stops and arranged for a great dinner in the North End at Lucca with flowers on arrival.

After a night of great conversation Eric walked Ashlee home:


Fast forward two years and Ashlee & Eric went on vacation to Puerto Rico. Eric had spoken with the hotel manager to arrange the perfect setting to propose. Ashlee & Eric were walking back after dinner, Eric was thinking of what he was going to say when Ashlee was distracted by tourists walking along with those tall souvenir glasses from Senor Frogs and was all "Yeah, let's go get some of those!" Eric convinced her to keep walking and as they arrived upon the set up of flowers and candles Ashlee realized what was happening and started to cry. 

Eric asked and Ashlee said yes! 

Next year will be my eighth wedding season (May - August 2015 are fully booked already!) and I've been lucky enough to never need to advertise. I work with the most amazing couples who kindly tell all of their friends about me :) Ashlee was actually Maid of Honor at Alison & Matt's wedding at the Colonnade so I was DELIGHTED when she called me after getting engaged to Eric! 

Ashlee and Eric will be married at the Wentworth by the Sea next summer! I can't wait!!! Make sure you "like" Leah Haydock Photography on facebook to see sneak peeks...! Ashlee & Eric! I hope you like these few favorites - lots more coming your way!

Engagement Pictures in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston :: Amanda + Danny

Amanda and Danny have been patiently waiting for their engagement pictures as I gadded about in Switzerland trying to track down the site of the Bachelor proposal so I could see if Courtney or Lindzi would be "winning". Alas, I couldn't find a helicopter in time so I had to wait until I was back in the US to watch it on TV with everyone else. I will admit that "after the final rose" I did feel about 7% sorry for Courtney, it must be hard to have so many people love to hate you...

Anyway, back to Amanda and Danny who didn't have to go on a reality show to find love. No, they met whilst they were at the University of Notre Dame, they were both heads of their dorms and were thrown together on a team-building retreat. The first time they set eyes on one another was during a rope tying and climbing exercise. Who'd have thought just a few years later that they'd be tying the knot? Do you see what I did there? Yup..ok...I'll stick to taking pictures and not making up lame jokes :)

Danny proposed to Amanda at Christopher Columbus Park right on the Boston Waterfront so we figured we'd start and end this mini-engagement shoot there:



It was fairly chilly and windy out. I am really dying for spring to arrive...




Although I have a strict no-drinking policy at weddings, I'll break the rules at engagement shoots. So we stopped into the rather awesome bar at the Fairmont Battery Wharf to wait for the sun to go down and for the twinkly lights to come out:


Danny proposed on a cold December day when Christopher Columbus park was all lit up like this. He then surprised Amanda with a dinner attended by both families :)


Thanks to the awesome Shang Chen who came along to hold my light for 10 minutes to get some night time pictures, we even managed to crash another proposal which you can see **here**


Amanda & Danny - thank you for braving the cold and wind. I'm so looking forward to your wedding at the State Room in November!!!