The Megan Kelsey Blog

Somewhere around New Bern on the drive down I realized that this was our 8th year visiting our friends at the beach on the southern tip of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We crossed the bridge past the town Nicholas Sparks calls home and as the salty sea air filled my lungs, I couldn’t help but flash back to the first time I was making this trip. I was 15 years old and heartbroken. I didn’t know who I was or who I was going to be, but I knew that I wanted a full, adventurous life, and Emerald Isle was just a taste of what was to come. The ocean, the sound, the fishing piers, the boats…

I’m a sucker for love stories that have deep roots. Lauren and Jeff’s relationship began in New York City and though they’ve been long distance for some time now, every time they wander the streets of West Village, they pick up right where they left off and it’s like they were never apart. I was so excited to meet them in the city for their West Village & Central Park NYC engagement photos! Lauren had plenty of ideas of where to shoot around the city and it was obvious that West Village…