New York City weddings don’t follow a template. They happen in Brooklyn warehouses and Manhattan ballrooms, under the arches of Central Park, on the steps of City Hall — and each setting calls for a photographer who can read both the city and the moment.
The New York City wedding photographers featured here work across all five boroughs and beyond, covering elopements, intimate ceremonies, and full celebrations alike. Styles range widely: documentary, editorial, analog film, or something in between. They’re all incredibly talented — the question is simply whose work clicks with you. Our mission is to make that introduction.
Photo: Sincerely Sini, Kelly Vahos
Kindred is Elle and Zach, an analog-loving studio based on the East Coast with 13 years of experience and a serious analog commitment. Elle is the principal photographer, drawing on a background in photojournalism and fine art; Zach manages the administrative side of the studio.
Intimate and artful, their work celebrates modern love with a distinct editorial twist — working primarily in 35mm film and occasionally in 120 and Polaroid. Widely published and internationally recognized, they have photographed weddings across continents, but New York remains home base.
Nicole Plett is a Canadian-born documentary and editorial photographer based in New York City, dedicated to what she calls “the art of noticing.” She shoots exclusively on analog, approaching each wedding as a curator of fleeting details, finding the energy that makes a day unrepeatable without staging it. Her images have a warmth and texture that feel entirely personal. She regularly collaborates with some of New York’s most creative vendor teams, attracting couples who are just as intentional about the details as she is.
Blake Nelson is a Brooklyn-based photographer with a background in fashion and interiors — an influence that shows clearly in how he frames a wedding day. Working in both analog film and digital, he describes his style as “sophisticated but never stuffy,” balancing editorial polish with the spontaneity of photojournalism. Clients are drawn to his thoughtfulness and curated artistic eye, and consistently describe his images as feeling like a film they want to watch over and over.
Calenrose is Travis and Kimberly, a New York-based duo with an unusual origin story: both were professional dancers before picking up a camera, and that background still shapes how they see. Attuned to movement, timing, and the charged energy between people, they blend unfiltered documentary moments with a fashion-forward editorial eye — work that feels at once luxurious and lived-in. They call themselves “photographer provocateurs,” and the work backs it up: elegant but never predictable, the kind of galleries that stop you mid-scroll.
Weddings by Nato is Nato and Dan, a Brooklyn-based photography and cinematography duo. Nato grew up trilingual on a Thai junk sailboat in the Caribbean, an upbringing that shaped a distinctive eye for nuance and human connection long before she picked up a camera. She approaches each wedding with a documentary mindset and a fashion-informed eye, letting moments unfold and stepping in only when it counts. Dan leads the cinematography, building a visual layer that moves naturally between still and motion. Their work draws you in: the framing, the details, the angles always feel fresh.
Samm Blake is an Australian-born photographer based in Brooklyn with over two decades of experience blending fine art photography and journalism. Her reputation has taken her far — most recently, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco chose her to photograph their wedding. She shoots both film and digital, typically bringing up to ten cameras to a single job. Focused on subtlety over fanfare, she’s after how it felt to be in the room as much as what happened in it. Her images carry a poetic simplicity that lingers.
Studio Thao is the work of Thao Colucci, a Brooklyn-based photographer whose images feel candid but never accidental, composed but never constructed. Working in both film and digital, she brings thoughtful direction and a sense of play to every shoot, drawing from vintage fashion campaigns, classic style, and the intimacy of classical music. She’s drawn to the peripheral: the moment before, the moment after. Couples describe the results as what memories actually feel like, not what they’re supposed to look like.
Shoot a wedding as if you were a guest, from the inside out — that’s the philosophy behind Liron Erel & Co. Moving quietly through celebrations for 20 years, Liron disappears into the crowd to catch what would otherwise go unnoticed. Known for his ability to read a room and put people at ease, his imagery is emotionally rich and effortlessly elegant, driven by a deep sense of nostalgia. Photography has always been his visual language and purpose, and the images reflect that: raw, sincere, and built to last.
Most photojournalists cover things falling apart. Ally Rabon decided she’d rather cover things coming together. Based in New York and shooting everywhere from Brooklyn to the Bahamas, she takes a laid-back documentary approach, shooting hybrid film and digital. She has a particular gift for candid moments: the ones most people don’t even notice are happening. Her goal is simple: for couples to look back decades later and see their actual selves, not a performed version of the day. She also offers film videography, making her a strong pick for couples who want consistent visual storytelling across both formats.
A graphic designer and a musician walk into a wedding, and the photos look exactly like what that sentence promises. Love Bears is Fran and Mils, a real-life couple based in New York City and Puerto Rico, shooting digital and film across both and beyond. Their work leans into what’s real: the chaotic and unfiltered alongside the quiet and the bold. Their imagery distills the essence of each day into something timeless, shaped by the design, the atmosphere, and the people in the room — a visual narrative that is both intimate and sophisticated.
Rachel Leiner shoots New York the way the city wants to be remembered. Based in Brooklyn with nearly a decade of experience, she built one of NYC’s most-followed wedding photography brands on a style anchored in old-school architecture, chic interiors, and vintage color tones. She shoots both film and digital, blending photojournalism with crafted portraits, and does destination work across Europe each year. Her images are warm and romantic without being soft, and clients have a way of describing them as poetry.
Sydney Marie is one of the most visible wedding photographers working out of New York City today. A fashion industry background informs her instinctive, presence-driven approach, less focused on poses than on preserving what can’t be recreated. She photographs the way it felt to be there. Intentionally capping her bookings at 25 weddings per year, she brings full attention to every couple, and her galleries consistently deliver on that promise.
Long before film was a trend, Parker’s Pictures founder Parker Selman was developing prints in a school darkroom in Cleveland. Based in New York City and shooting worldwide, she works almost entirely on medium format and 35mm, carrying a rotating selection of film cameras to suit each moment. Her images are drawn to silhouettes, shadows, reflections, and light that does something unexpected when given room. Documentary in approach and experimental in eye, she never poses a couple when an honest moment is already happening. She also offers Super 8 video as an add-on.
Some photographers document a wedding. Kelly Vahos photographs with the awareness that her images will outlive her, passed down through generations, studied by people not yet born. Based in New York City and traveling for most of her work, she shoots primarily on film, with images that are atmospheric and rich with color, resistant to any single descriptor, spanning editorial and documentary, always with a dash of humor. She is quietly competitive with herself, wanting every wedding to be rich with risks and joy.
Memories are never perfectly sharp. Sincerely Sini, the NYC and California studio of Sini Choi, photographs with that understanding at the center of everything. Working across digital, 35mm, and medium format film, she takes a quiet, unobtrusive approach, leaving room for emotions to arrive on their own. Inspired by dappled light, blue shadows, and the warmth of human connection, her images feel like impressions as much as records. She photographs in pursuit of something true, and often something poetic.
