Maryanne & John

“When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it.”
Paulo Coelho

Not time or even distance could keep Maryanne & John apart. Maryanne and John met in the fall of 2004 at Siena College through a mutual friend. Maryanne was a sophomore and John, a junior.

Over the last 7 years the pair were determined to remain together no matter where life took them. Maryanne states, “We knew it was love because we never gave up on each and we always made it work no matter how far were from one another.” Between Johns being on the road with his baseball team, and Maryanne’s studying abroad, made it difficult but in the same breathe created concreteness in their love. Destiny became more than just a word when they realized one isn’t complete without the other. For the last year Maryanne remained local teaching in NJ and traveled as much as possible to see John.

John’s proposal goes down in the books as one of the most original proposals! It took place in their Hoboken apartment while in his superhero underwear in order to make her laugh, not cry! Maryanne was both surprised and immensely happy. Friends and family joined them for a champagne and sushi celebratory dinner in NYC.

Maryanne & John were married on December 17th at the fabulous Capitale (NYC). Flowers by Carol’s Florist decorated the room with music by Dan Chavez of Scratch DJ to rock the dance floor. She cascaded down the aisle in a Lazaro Gown from Bridal Reflections on 5th Ave. Anne DeMarco provided makeup and hair by none other than Yossi Ivigi. She praises, “He is so much more than a stylist my hair was perfect the whole day! I was so excited with all of my vendors and couldn’t have been happier!

When John asked me to shoot this image I told him, “No way it was a once and a lifetime deal.” He propositioned me with a proposal I couldn’t refuse. To keep in theme with his actual proposal…