Maja & Marcin's Doncaster night time engagement session

Last week I was awarded the opportunity to help celebrate Maja and Marcin’s engagement. Originally from Alexandria, Virginia but living in Manhattan, Maja only came to Doncaster for few days to meet her fiancée Marcin who actually comes from Szczecin, Poland but temporarily lives in South Yorkshire. No, it’s not that straight forward! The couple first met in Szczecin when Maja and her sister went to Poland for Thanksgiving and from that moment it was obvious that no air miles would stop the two!

Night time engagement photography shoot in Doncaster

We met on a chilly January evening for their photoshoot for engagement in Doncaster ahead of their wedding later on this year and we had this idea of a night time engagement shoot to capture the magic of all of the street lights and shop signs.

To start with we went to the Church View area of Doncaster behind the old Tesco where an old rusty bridge takes you to a car park with a magnificent view over St Georges Minster, Doncaster College and some narrowboats. We could not resist taking few engagement pictures with Doncaster skyline at night.

Properly chilled we went to grab a cuppa before we headed to Mercure Hotel in Doncaster town centre. It was where Marcin had actually proposed to Maja during her previous stay in South Yorkshire so it went without saying that we stop by and take some images with the former Danum Hotel.

Finally we went to meet the Lovers in Waterdale and ended this productive afternoon with some moody pictures using shop shutters as our backdrop.

We could’n help giving this beautiful engagement ring some attention. You have to say Marcin has a good taste!

Living in New York Maja couldn’t resist having some photos taken with a nearby red telephone booth and a South Yorkshire Police van parked just behind. The novelty of being a tourist in Doncaster!

Being this late we knew that Cast theatre in Sir Nigel Gresley Square would provide us with some nice illuminations and this combined with low shutter speed and a kiss of flash gave us some nice effects.