NYC Apollo Fields Date Night

NYC Date Night | Apollo Fields Wedding Photographers | The Standard Hotel Grill NYC | Stomp New York City

Yesterday, Heather and I’s date night in Manhattan turned into a full-fledged celebration of the relationships we have with our couples and with each other. The night began with a delicious meal at The Standard Hotel compliments of Executive Chef Igor, one of our newest clients for 2020. From there we trekked across town to St. Marks Place to catch Stomp, a rhythm-centric musical production that featured Rob Brinkkmann, a groom from one of our 2019 couples. As we walked the wintry streets of New York City we couldn’t stop gushing about the friendships we’ve made at Apollo Fields, and how important it is to us that they don’t start or stop with a shutter click.

Many people believe that the relationship with their wedding photographer ends when their wedding day is over or when their final pictures are delivered. For most of the industry this is true—as wedding photographers we provide a service that has a definite end—but the connections we make don’t have to end with the cutting of the cake. Heather and I choose to look at our couples as friends, as people we would love to formally or informally grab a beer with before their wedding day to hash out worries and logistics, or eventually invite over for dinner after they’ve tied the knot. This enriches our lives, the relationship we have to our couples, and undoubtedly elevates the final products we deliver.

By getting to know our couples on a personal level we are introduced to them as individuals, as people rather than clients. We are brought into their personal and professional worlds, whether they are badass chefs, talented performers, techies, or accountants. Whatever industry they may be in or whatever hobbies they love, we get to know them for who they are rather than what they are to our business. We choose to celebrate them because cheerleaders in our lives are hard to come by; it’s not like anyone smiles and claps for us in our morning commutes. Heather and I recognize that we enter people’s worlds in very significant moments in their lives and we believe that the responsibility to document their love does not begin and end at the altar. We believe that love lives in our couples relationships’ to their families, to their occupations and hobbies, and most readily accessible, to their friends.

I honestly couldn’t tell you how many times Heather and I looked at one another yesterday and said how lucky we are to be in our position. To gallivant around New York City with connections and friends doing their thing behind bars, in kitchens, and on stages. The friends we’ve made through Apollo Fields are constant reminders to be grateful, but more importantly, building these relationships into our business is a practice that transcends the bottom line. We may run a business to make a living but without our relationship to one another and to our couples we wouldn’t really have a life at all. Here’s to all the people in our lives who make us laugh, feed us delicious food, or pour us our favorite brews. At Apollo Fields we will continue to document your love to the best of our abilities, celebrating your highs and embracing your lows, but most of all, honoring all of you for who you already are.