{"id":449,"date":"2011-11-19T13:40:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-19T18:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mantaswright.com\/wordpress\/?p=449"},"modified":"2013-03-20T21:00:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T01:00:37","slug":"a-romantic-moment-in-central-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/philmantas.com\/wordpress\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"a romantic moment in central park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I was photographing a wedding with my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cavaweddings.com\/\">Carlos Andres<\/a> in Central Park by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralparknyc.org\/site\/PageServer?pagename=virtualpark_southend_bethesdaterrace\">Bethesda fountain<\/a>, when my eye happen to catch this couple having a romantic moment. They were in their own world, totally oblivious to the crowds of people surrounding them, including me with all my camera gear. I couldn\u2019t help but take a few photos of them until \u201cThe Guy\u201d saw there was a camera pointing at him and his girlfriend. So I stopped. After Carlos and I finished photographing the Wedding party, \u201cthe guy\u201d and his girlfriend came up to me to see what I was photographing. They loved the images and asked to get copies. When I got an email from \u201cthe guy\u201d I saw his name is Anastasios \u201cTasso\u201d Papagiannopoulos. Well if you know anything about Greeks, me being one of them, one of the first formalities is asking where your family is from. It was a pleasant surprise to find out that his mother is from the same region of Greece that my parents are from. I had to laugh when Tasso wrote in an email to me saying \u201d That\u2019s really amazing, it\u2019s a small world! Maybe my Greekness is what subconsciously got your attention haha!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m pretty sure it was that romantic moment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philmantas.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Central Park, Central Park Portrait, Central Park Kiss, Proposal, Central Park Proposal, Phil Mantas, Phil Mantas Photography, Angelica Graza, Anastasios Papo\" src=\"http:\/\/philmantas.com\/new_blog\/\/Central_Park_Couple\/01_PhilMantas_Phil_Mantas_Photography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"689\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philmantas.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Phil Mantas, Phil Mantas Photography, Central Park, Central Park Portrait, Central Park Kiss, Proposal, Central Park Proposal,  Angelica Graza, Anastasios Papo\" src=\"http:\/\/philmantas.com\/new_blog\/\/Central_Park_Couple\/02_PhilMantas_Phil_Mantas_Photography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"689\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philmantas.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Angelica Graza, Anastasios Papo, Phil Mantas, Phil Mantas Photography, Central Park, Central Park Portrait, Central Park Kiss, Proposal, Central Park Proposal\" src=\"http:\/\/philmantas.com\/new_blog\/\/Central_Park_Couple\/03_PhilMantas_Phil_Mantas_Photography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"689\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philmantas.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Angelica Graza, Anastasios Papo, Phil Mantas,  Central Park, Central Park Portrait, Central Park Kiss, Proposal, Central Park Proposal, \" src=\"http:\/\/philmantas.com\/new_blog\/\/Central_Park_Couple\/04_PhilMantas_Phil_Mantas_Photography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"689\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philmantas.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Central Park, Phil Mantas Photography, Central Park Portrait, Central Park Kiss, Proposal, Central Park Proposal, Phil Mantas,  Angelica Graza, Anastasios Papo\" src=\"http:\/\/philmantas.com\/new_blog\/\/Central_Park_Couple\/05_PhilMantas_Phil_Mantas_Photography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"689\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philmantas.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bethesda fountain Central Park,Angelica Graza, Anastasios Papo, Phil Mantas, Mantas Wright Photography, Central Park, Central Park Portrait, Central Park Kiss, Proposal, Central Park Proposal, Phil Mantas\" src=\"http:\/\/philmantas.com\/new_blog\/\/Central_Park_Couple\/06_PhilMantas_Phil_Mantas_Photography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I was photographing a wedding with my friend Carlos Andres in Central Park by Bethesda fountain, when my eye happen to catch this couple having a romantic moment. They were in their own world, totally oblivious to the crowds of people surrounding them, including me with all my camera gear. 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