— New York City / Documentary
Led by the moment.
Real moments don’t wait for direction. Documentary wedding and event photography across New York, Miami and worldwide.
— 01 / The Approach
A wedding is not a shoot. It is a day that happens once, at speed, in bad light, in front of the people who matter most. Julian Ribinik — Photographer
Twenty years in, the method has not changed much: arrive early, stay quiet, and watch. The photographs people keep are almost never the ones that were arranged. They are the half-second before the hug, the father at the back of the room, the bridesmaid crying at something no one else heard. That work cannot be posed into existence.
The Full Story
Guastavino’s — New York
— 02 / What We Photograph
Three kinds of days, one way of seeing.
Weddings
Full-day documentary coverage at New York’s landmark venues, from the quiet of the morning to the last song.
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Mitzvahs
Bar and Bat Mitzvah photography that keeps up with the energy in the room and the family watching from the edges.
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Events
Engagement parties, rehearsal dinners and private celebrations, photographed with the same editorial eye.
View the work— 03 / The Venues
A contact sheet of New York.
01The St. Regis New York
02Cipriani 25 Broadway
03Guastavino's
04Temple Emanu-El
05620 Loft & Garden
06Park Chateau Estate
07Pleasantdale Chateau
08The Legacy Castle
09Sleepy Hollow Country Club
10The Foundry
11Tanglewood
12Brooklyn Botanic Garden
— 04 / The Experience
Simple, and deliberately so.
Reach out
Send your date, venue and a sense of the day you’re planning.
Meet
A call or a coffee. No pitch — just whether this is the right fit.
The day
Two photographers, minimal direction, no interruptions to your celebration.
Delivery
A preview in one week, the full colour-graded gallery in six to eight.
Years Behind the Camera
Celebrations Photographed
New York Venues
Top 5 in NY — Brides
— 06 / The Journal
Venue guides and real weddings.
— 07 / Questions
Before you ask.
The studio is at 330 E 46th St in Manhattan. Roughly half of each year is spent in New York City and the Hudson Valley, and the rest across New Jersey, the Hamptons, Miami, Palm Beach, South Carolina and international destinations. Travel is quoted at cost with no markup.
Most couples reach out nine to eighteen months ahead, and prime Saturdays in September, October and May tend to go first. That said, dates open up — if yours is close, ask anyway.
Full-day wedding coverage includes a second photographer as standard. A single shooter cannot be in the aisle and at the altar at the same moment, and those two frames matter.
A curated preview of 40 to 60 frames arrives within one week. The complete edited gallery is delivered in six to eight weeks, with every image individually colour-graded.
Yes. Photo and film teams work as one unit under a single point of contact, which avoids the coordination problems that come from booking two separate vendors.
It means very little direction. Family portraits and a couples session are scheduled, but the rest of the day is observed rather than staged. Real moments don't wait for direction.
— Availability
Tell me about your day.
Most dates for the coming season are still open. Most inquiries are answered within 24 hours.
Check Your Date— 08 / Inquire
Start the conversation.
Share the date and the venue and I’ll come back with availability, pricing and a sense of how the day might run.