From Julie Ferneau Photography: Erika-Jock Manhattan Engagement Photos 

This destination engagement session took place in Manhattan, NY. We started at Sixty Hotels in lower Manhattan for a session in the suite and overlooking the city. We then moved to the streets of NYC to showcase their fast-paced and on the go lifestyle and ended up at Lincoln Center. 

The couple resides in West Hollywood but does a lot of business all over the world and wanted to showcase that in their engagement session.

Erika De La Cruz, the bride-to-be, is a millennial go-getter TV host, founder of Passion to Paycheck (PTP Instagram) and the best selling author of Passionistas.

Jock Purtle, the groom-to-be, is Founder and CEO of Digital Exits.

Both extremely hardworking entrepreneurs who love work and living life to the fullest. 

How did he propose? (answered by Jock)

I wanted to do something special for Erika because she plans a talk show 5 days a week, highlighting other people, I wanted this to be HER special moment captured on video! So, I planned a treasure hunt at Disneyland that took about 3 months of planning with close to 30 people to pull it off, but I had no problem treating the idea like a business plan. Her friend’s laughed because I held a few conference calls leading up to the big proposal.

And I think I did a pretty good job because ABC actually picked it up and aired the whole thing! She’s always thinking of others, I thought it would be great if everyone had a surprise for HER. A month later, we found ourselves in NEW YORK CITY, she was there for New York Fashion Week, and me, to visit the New York Stock Exchange, so a few hotel balconies’s and high fashion gowns later, we thought it would make for a pretty neat engagement photo shoot between all of our NYC stops! It was a typical trip for us, and we wanted that reflected in our engagement pics!

Erika-Jock Manhattan Engagement Photos:

Photographer: Julie Ferneau Photography

Associated Pros/Vendors:

Location: Sixty Hotels
Dress Designer: René Atelier
Dress Designer: Monique Lhuillier
Personal Stylist: Lisa and Tyler J
Dress Designer: Francesco Paolo Salerno
Makeup Artist: Blushington
Event Planner: PS Plans
Photographer: Julie Ferneau Photography

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