all c/o Vineyard Vines
I think I’ve been brainstorming back and forth with Allie since November trying to find a tree anywhere from NYC to Westchester to Fairfield. Just something that would do for the year. And boy, was it a difficult task. Trying to find a tree, outside, on the ground (so fake), without rope/barricades around it, big enough to take photos with, and preferably with ornaments so it would look decorated during the day. Come to find that they’re not as plentiful as you’d think!
What we thought was a great tree outside, was actually a tree in a lobby of an office building… So we got shooed out of there just as quickly as we came in. Between that, scheduling issues, and COVID worries (everyone in NYC has it right now — and as a pregnant lady I wanted to keep my exposure small), the shoot almost didn’t happen multiple times over.
But I was persistent. Not only is it one of my favorite traditions, but it’s a special year since we’re pregnant! I was 26 weeks to the day when we shot this — which is just two weeks away from my third trimester — and the bump is here and ready to stay.
So we walked over to Hudson Yards and snapped away. I love the area for the holidays and I think it turned out to be a really cute and festive background. It’s also a nod to our old neighborhood that we said goodbye to just a year ago — look how much has changed!
We’re also not doing any kind of maternity shoot for this pregnancy (I just don’t think it’s really ‘me’) so it’s great that we’ll have these photos to look back on of the two of us during this time.
Here’s to an easier(???) shoot next year!
If you want to stroll down memory lane you can check out all the past years below.
