Most event galleries are 400 photos of people holding drinks and looking at a lens. We shoot the other thing: the laugh two seconds after the toast, the dad who lost it during the speech, the dance floor at the exact moment it broke open.
Here's the thing nobody tells you when you hire an event photographer: the photos people keep are almost never the ones they stopped to take. They're the in-between frames. The reaction shots. The two people at the bar who forgot anyone was there.
So we work the room from the edges. Long enough lenses that you stop clocking us, fast enough glass that we don't need to nuke a dark venue with flash. You still get your family lineup and your sponsor-wall photos, we just don't build the whole night around them.
That's also why we shoot with two photographers on anything over 75 people. One covers the moment. One covers the room watching the moment. The second one is usually the better photo.
We lock the run of show and name the five moments you would be upset to lose. Speeches, cake, hora, first dance, award handoff, whatever your night hinges on.
Standard on 75+ guests and on any event with a ceremony plus a party. Coverage of the moment and the reaction at the same time.
Off-camera light bounced, not blasted. Dark ballrooms, low-lit lofts and club buyouts still look like themselves.
Edited selects while people still care, sized for Instagram, LinkedIn and press. Post the same week, not next month.
Every keeper, professionally edited, in print-resolution and web-sized versions. Download links you can share with the whole guest list.
You own personal and internal-use rights to your photos on delivery. No per-print licensing games.
Same crew, same standard, whether it's 30 people in a Bushwick loft or 600 in a Midtown ballroom.
Coverage is quoted flat by hours and headcount. You know the number before you book, and it doesn't move because the speeches ran long by ten minutes.
2 hours, one photographer. Focused parties, single presentations, small dinners.
4 hours, one photographer. The one most birthdays and receptions book.
8 hours, one photographer. Conferences, galas and full-day celebrations.
Date, venue, headcount, and what the photos are actually for. We come back with availability and a flat quote, usually the same day.
A short call to lock the run of show. The five moments you'd be upset to lose get named out loud before anyone picks up a camera.
Two bodies, fast primes, on-camera and off-camera light when the venue is dark. We work the edges, not the middle. Nobody gets herded unless you asked for group shots.
A gallery of selects you can post that week, sized for Instagram, LinkedIn and press. Full edited set inside 14 days.
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island are home. We travel to Long Island, Westchester, Hoboken, Jersey City, Stamford, Greenwich and Philadelphia with no travel fee inside 40 miles of Downtown Brooklyn. Further out, we quote it flat before you book. See every area we cover →
Pre-event planning call, a named shot list, coverage by one or two photographers, professional editing on every delivered frame, a 48-hour first-look gallery and a full online gallery with print and web-sized downloads plus print rights.
Two hours covers a focused party or a single presentation. Four hours covers most birthdays, corporate receptions and mitzvah parties end to end. Six to eight hours covers a full-day conference or a ceremony plus party. If you are unsure, book the smaller block, we will tell you honestly if it will not fit.
Yes. A branded step-and-repeat or an on-site printed photo station can be added to any event. It doubles as the fastest way to get guests' faces into your marketing with permission on the night.
Yes. No travel fee inside 40 miles of Downtown Brooklyn, which covers all five boroughs, most of Long Island, Westchester and North Jersey. Beyond that we quote travel flat up front.
Yes. Most Manhattan venues require a certificate of insurance naming them as additional insured. Send us the venue contact and we will handle it directly.
We work with a vetted bench of New York shooters and carry a backup for every booked date. Your date does not go uncovered.
Date, venue, headcount. If we're not the right fit for your night, we'll say so and point you somewhere better.