New York Wedding Photographer
Natural, elegant wedding photography for couples celebrating their wedding, elopement or intimate ceremony in New York.
Wedding photography fromUS$1,650
Weddings & elopements · New York · Available worldwide
Your New York wedding, beautifully documented
From the quiet moments before the ceremony to the last dance, we capture the atmosphere, emotions and people that make your wedding yours.
Packages · New York
Choose your New York wedding coverage
Final pricing depends on your date, location and coverage. Travel, where there is any, is itemised at cost.
1–2 hours
Elopement
FromUS$950
For intimate ceremonies and destination elopements.
- 1–2 hours of photography
- A planning consultation and location guidance
- Timing planned around sunrise or sunset for your date
- Help with permits where a location needs one
4–5 hours
Half Day
FromUS$1,650
For couples who want the ceremony, portraits and key moments of the celebration.
- 4–5 hours of photography
- A planning call and a written photography timeline
- Ceremony, family photographs, portraits and the start of the celebration
- A preview set within seven days
8–10 hours
Full Day
FromUS$2,550
Complete coverage from preparations through the reception.
- 8–10 hours of photography
- A second photographer available as an addition
- A planning call, a written timeline and a family list agreed in advance
- A preview set within seven days
Marrying away from home? Destination Wedding coverage — the full day, with travel planned around it — from US$3,350. How destination weddings work
Why couples choose us
More than beautiful photographs
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A calm experience
Guidance when you need it, without turning your wedding into a photoshoot. Most of the day we are simply there, and you will forget we are.
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Destination experience
Comfortable working with international couples, travel schedules and unfamiliar venues — including the ones none of us has seen until the week of the wedding.
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Professional backup
Professional equipment, every frame written to two memory cards at once, and your images backed up off-site within twenty-four hours.
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Clear communication
Straightforward packages, transparent pricing and a simple booking process. You always know what happens next, and what it costs.
Our promises
What every couple can count on
Nothing is published without your consent
No blog post, no portfolio entry, no social post, no submission to a publication. Your wedding is private by default and stays private unless you write to say otherwise. A non-disclosure agreement is signed on request and at no cost.
You meet your photographer before the day
The photographer on your wedding is the one you spoke to, and if a second is added you are told who they are in advance. Both have read the timeline and know the venue. Nobody learns your names that morning.
A preview in seven days, everything in eight weeks
A preview set within seven days of the wedding, and the complete edited set within eight weeks — four for an elopement. Those are commitments rather than estimates. If we are ever going to miss one, you hear it from us before the date passes.
Your archive is kept, and it is yours
Full-resolution files, a private online archive, and a print release for personal use with no expiry and no territory limit. You are never asked to buy back your own photographs.
How it works
From your first message to your wedding gallery
01
Tell us about your plans
Send your date, location and a few details about your wedding. It takes two minutes.
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Check availability
We confirm availability — usually within 24 hours — and recommend the coverage that fits your plans.
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Plan your photography
We discuss the timeline, locations, light and anything important to you, and a booking deposit holds the date.
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Enjoy your day
We photograph the moments naturally and deliver your finished gallery after the wedding — a preview within a week.
Local knowledge
Getting married in New York?
What matters for your photographs here: the places, the hours and the practicalities — from planning weddings in New York, not from a travel guide.
Portrait locations
- Bethesda Terrace, Central Park. A tiled arcade that gives shade and soft reflected light at any hour, with the fountain and the lake beyond it.
- Washington Street, DUMBO. Cobbles, brick warehouses and the Manhattan Bridge framed at the end of the street.
- Brooklyn Bridge Park. Lawns and piers facing the Lower Manhattan skyline across the East River.
The best light
- March to May. Lovely light and the least reliable weather.
- June to August. Harsh overhead sun and humidity that shows in every photograph of a linen jacket.
- September to November. The season everyone wants, correctly.
- December to February. Short days and a portrait window that closes in the middle of the afternoon, which makes an early ceremony essential.
Popular venues
- The Plaza — Grand hotel, Fifth Avenue
- Cipriani 25 Broadway — Former Cunard ticketing hall, Financial District
- The Rainbow Room — Sixty-fifth floor, Rockefeller Center
- Gotham Hall — Former savings bank, Herald Square
Good to know
- Photography for personal use in the public parks is generally unrestricted; tripods, lighting and anything that looks like a production are treated differently.
- A wedding party moving between three addresses in Manhattan on a Saturday is a transport problem before it is a photographic one.
- City Hall ceremonies run to their own queue and their own clock, and the photographs that matter happen on the steps and the streets afterwards.
The full New York guide
Wedding photography in New York
We photograph weddings and elopements in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Hudson Valley and on Long Island — private clubs and library rooms, downtown lofts, City Hall ceremonies and country estates north of the city.
A New York wedding is shorter than almost any other, because guests go home rather than upstairs, so the portrait window has to be written into the schedule as an appointment rather than left for afterwards.
New York gives a photographer two things nowhere else does: vertical light, which falls between buildings in a hard bright column around the middle of the day, and a crowd that has seen everything and will walk straight past you. Both are useful. Neither is reliable, which is why a New York wedding is planned around interiors and the hour after the ceremony rather than around a view.
The weddings here divide cleanly. There is the city version — a ceremony downtown, a private room, a walk between the two that becomes the whole portrait session. And there is the Hudson Valley version north of the city, which is a country wedding that happens to have Manhattan in its guest list. They are photographed differently and they are worth distinguishing before anyone books a venue.
What both share is that the day is compressed. Guests come from nearby, nobody stays over, and the schedule has no slack in it. A long day in Tuscany becomes a much shorter one here, and the portrait window that a country venue leaves open all evening is, in Manhattan, a short appointment between the ceremony and the reception.
So we plan it as an appointment. We establish where the sun will be on your street at that hour on that date, we pick the position in advance rather than looking for one on the day, and we put it in the schedule with the same weight as the first dance. In this city there is no afterwards.
The best wedding photography locations in New York
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Bethesda Terrace, Central Park
A tiled arcade that gives shade and soft reflected light at any hour, with the fountain and the lake beyond it. Busy from late morning, so it is an early or late location.
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Washington Street, DUMBO
Cobbles, brick warehouses and the Manhattan Bridge framed at the end of the street. Crowded by midday; at breakfast time it is close to empty.
03
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Lawns and piers facing the Lower Manhattan skyline across the East River. The late afternoon light lands on the skyline behind you, which is the right way round for a portrait.
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The High Line
A planted elevated walk on the West Side, with low evening sun coming in off the Hudson. Handheld only, and best on a weekday.
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Bryant Park and the New York Public Library
The library’s marble front and the plane trees behind it, a short walk from many Midtown venues. Good in open shade in the middle of the day.
Popular wedding venues in New York
Places couples choose between here, and how each behaves for photographs. A list, not a list of partners: we recommend nowhere for a fee.
The Plaza
Grand hotel, Fifth Avenue
The Grand Ballroom is a windowless room, which means the light in your photographs is whatever the lighting designer builds. Worth agreeing before the day rather than discovering at seven.
Cipriani 25 Broadway
Former Cunard ticketing hall, Financial District
A very high ceiling and a marble hall on the scale of a cathedral. The room dwarfs a wedding unless the photographs are composed to use its height rather than fight it.
The Rainbow Room
Sixty-fifth floor, Rockefeller Center
Windows on every side and the city as the backdrop. After dark the glass turns into a mirror, so the portraits that use the view have to happen before the light goes.
Gotham Hall
Former savings bank, Herald Square
A stained-glass oculus high above the floor throws coloured light down the middle of the room around midday, and nothing quite like it exists elsewhere in the city.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Glasshouse and gardens, Brooklyn
The Palm House is one of the few large rooms in New York made of daylight. Cherry blossom in spring brings a short window that books further ahead than anything else here.
Oheka Castle
Château and formal gardens, Long Island
A French-style estate on the North Shore, well outside the city, with an axial garden that photographs like Europe. The drive is the cost, and it has to be built into the schedule rather than hoped through.
When to marry in New York, and at what hour
March to May
Lovely light and the least reliable weather. Long low afternoons down the cross streets, bare trees in the parks until late April, and a real chance of a cold grey Saturday.
June to August
Harsh overhead sun and humidity that shows in every photograph of a linen jacket. Early evening is the only comfortable outdoor hour; the rooms are where the work is.
September to November
The season everyone wants, correctly. Clear air, long amber light down the cross streets, and the Hudson Valley turning over. Saturdays go first.
December to February
Short days and a portrait window that closes in the middle of the afternoon, which makes an early ceremony essential. In exchange the interiors are at their best and the city is at its least crowded.
The kind of place
- Private members’ clubs and library rooms with tall windows and no natural exit
- Downtown lofts where the whole day happens in one room as the light moves across it
- Hotel ballrooms that photograph as well as their lighting designer allows, and no better
- Hudson Valley estates and barns north of the city, for a country wedding with a city guest list
Planning a wedding in New York
- Photography for personal use in the public parks is generally unrestricted; tripods, lighting and anything that looks like a production are treated differently. We work handheld here for that reason, and NYC Parks will confirm what your plan needs.
- A wedding party moving between three addresses in Manhattan on a Saturday is a transport problem before it is a photographic one. We build the portrait window around the traffic, not the other way round.
- City Hall ceremonies run to their own queue and their own clock, and the photographs that matter happen on the steps and the streets afterwards.
- Most venues here have a hard end time set by the building rather than by you, and a freight elevator schedule that decides when anything can be moved in or out.
- The Hudson Valley is close without traffic and much further with it. An afternoon ceremony up there means leaving the city early.
Most New York couples book Full Day coverage, from $2,550: one photographer for up to ten hours, from the morning preparations into the evening. A second photographer is available as an addition, and in a large room with no natural exit it is worth considering. A City Hall ceremony followed by a restaurant dinner usually fits Half Day coverage, from $1,650 for up to five hours. These are starting figures, and the exact price comes in reply to your inquiry.
Before the day we read the schedule backwards from the light at your address on your date, choose the portrait positions in advance, and build the moves between addresses around Saturday traffic. A room with tall windows at four o’clock in October is a different room at four o’clock in June, and the plan has to know which one it is getting.
You receive a preview set within seven days and the complete edited set within eight weeks, in a private online gallery with full-resolution downloads and a personal print release. Travel beyond the city is quoted separately and itemised at cost, and nothing from your wedding is published without your written consent.
More questions about New York
- How much does a wedding photographer cost in New York?
- Half Day coverage starts at $1,650 for one photographer and up to five hours, which suits a City Hall ceremony and a dinner. Full Day coverage starts at $2,550 for up to ten hours and is where most club, loft and hotel weddings sit, with a second photographer available as an addition. Every wedding is quoted individually, with exact pricing on request, and travel outside the city is itemised at cost.
- Can you photograph in Central Park?
- Yes, handheld and without lighting. Anything involving a tripod, light stands or a crew is a different category for NYC Parks and may need a permit; the Parks Department or your planner will confirm which category your plan falls into before you assume it.
- Can you photograph a City Hall elopement?
- Yes. The Elopement booking starts at $950 for two hours with one photographer, which covers the ceremony at the City Clerk’s office and a walk afterwards. The office runs to its own queue, so we plan the portraits for the steps and the streets of Lower Manhattan rather than the waiting room.
- Is a city wedding shorter than a country one?
- Almost always, and it changes the booking. Guests leave earlier because they are going home rather than upstairs, and the whole day is often much shorter than a country wedding. We would rather photograph the right hours well than pad the day out to look like better value.
- How far ahead should we book a New York wedding photographer?
- Well ahead for a Saturday in September or October, which are the months everyone wants and the first to go. A winter or weekday date is often available at much shorter notice, and December in this city photographs better than its reputation suggests.
- What is the best time of day for portraits in Manhattan?
- The last hour before sunset, when low light runs down the cross streets instead of falling straight between the buildings. The middle of the day belongs to interiors, parks in open shade and the lobby of your venue.
- What happens if it rains?
- We photograph in it, and an overcast day is the most flattering light there is for a face. What rain removes in this city is the long view down a street, not the portrait — and every venue here has an interior worth using.
Questions
Something else on your mind? Ask it when you check your date — every inquiry is answered personally.
Wedding photography in New York: your questions
How much does wedding photography in New York cost?
Elopements start from US$950 for one to two hours, a Half Day from US$1,650 and a Full Day from US$2,550. The final price depends on your date, location and coverage, and any travel is itemised at cost — we send an exact quote when we reply.
How far in advance should we book?
Nine to fifteen months ahead is usual for a weekend between May and October, and the most popular dates go first. Weekdays and elopements can often be arranged with less notice, so a closer date is always worth asking about.
Do you photograph intimate weddings and elopements?
Yes — often. An elopement or a wedding of a dozen guests gets the same care as a large one, with coverage from US$950 for one to two hours and help choosing the places and the hour.
Can you photograph weddings at our venue?
Almost certainly. We work at venues across New York and beyond, and if we have not photographed yours we plan it from the light, the layout and the timeline before the day. Tell us the venue when you check your date.
Do you travel outside New York?
Yes. We photograph weddings across the United States, the rest of Europe and the United States. Travel is quoted separately, itemised and at cost, so you can see exactly what it adds.
How many photographs will we receive?
It depends on the day rather than the clock: a full day usually comes to several hundred edited photographs, an elopement fewer. We do not set a minimum, because a number becomes a target — everything worth keeping is delivered.
When will we receive our gallery?
A preview within seven days, then the complete edited gallery within eight weeks for a wedding and four weeks for an elopement, with high-resolution downloads and personal printing rights.
Do you require a deposit to book?
Yes. A short agreement and a booking deposit reserve your date, and the deposit is part of the total, not added to it. The balance is due before the wedding.
What happens if the weather changes?
We plan a covered alternative for the portraits with you before the day and adapt the timing on the day itself. Soft rain and cloud can make beautiful photographs; nobody is sent out into a storm.
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Planning your wedding in New York?
Tell us your date, location and plans. We’ll check availability and help you choose the right coverage for your day.
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