A woman and man in baby blue embrace and touch noses as they lean up against a column in a garden

Harkness Memorial State Park Engagement Photos

I don’t think I could ever get sick of taking Harkness Memorial State Park engagement photos! It’s just the most beautiful location in Connecticut for engagement sessions. Full disclosure – my husband and I took our engagement photos at Harkness Park back in 2011. So I MIGHT be biased. It’s also one of my favorite wedding venues. Check out this Eolia Mansion wedding and this Harkness Park elopement.

Golden Hour Engagement Photos

This visit was for Erin and Marc’s engagement photo session on an absolutely beautiful evening in June. There was a wedding going on at Eolia Mansion and the gardens were occupied. So we started at the old tree by the Carriage House instead. Late afternoon sunlight was streaming through the branches where many lovers had carved their initials.

Harkness Memorial State Park Water Tower

Usually, when a couple does engagement photos it takes a few minutes for the awkwardness to subside, but these two jumped right in! I had a bit of deja vu, thinking about how awkward my husband and I were at first. I even posted a few outtakes from OUR engagement photos on Instagram. Thankfully they were good to go because the golden hour light was getting really good. We could barely make it five steps without stopping at another stunning spot for photos. Pretty much anything old and/or covered in ivy warrants a stop in my book!

  • A man and woman walk by an ivy covered water tower at their harkness memorial state park engagement photo session

Carriage House

Next, we went into the Carriage House courtyard where the blue Carriage House doors coordinated perfectly with their outfits.

  • A man and woman wearing light blue kiss in front of the blue carriage house door for their engagement photosat harkness memorial state park

Italian Garden Engagement Photos at Harkness Park

By this time the wedding at Eolia Mansion had moved inside for their reception. So next we headed over to the Italian Garden to finish up the engagement photo session.

  • A man and woman in light blue outfits lean against a pillar in the gardens at harkness memorial state park

The sun was starting to set in pastel hues. We walked around back to the great lawn to end the engagement session with sunset photos.

  • a silhouette of a man and a woman under a tree
  • A man and woman sit looking at each other on a bench at sunset to end their harkness memorial state park engagement photos

And that, my friends, is why I think Harkness Memorial State Park is THE best location in Connecticut for engagement photos. Erin and Marc are getting married later in the summer at the Inn at Mystic in Mystic, CT. Can’t wait!

Photography: Brave Hearts Photography

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