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The Little Black Book

We photograph Jewish weddings nearly every week — which means we watch, up close, which planners keep a 400-person simcha on time, which bands never let the hora cool, and which kosher caterers plate beautifully at scale. This is the list we share when couples ask, “who should we book?” Every name below is someone we’ve worked beside on a real wedding day.

New here? Start with how we photograph Orthodox weddings.

Party Planners

A great planner is the difference between a timeline and a day that breathes. These are the planners whose weddings run so smoothly we barely notice the seams — and several of them we see again and again.

Candlelit ceremony aisle and rose chuppah at The Pierre, New YorkCandlelit reception tablescape at a New York Jewish wedding

Venues for 350+ Guests

Big Jewish weddings need real rooms — space for a full chuppah, a mechitza where needed, separate dancing, and a hora that swallows the dance floor. Every venue below has hosted 300–500 guests with us behind the camera.

All-white floral chuppah under the domed ballroom at Glen Island Harbour ClubOutdoor chuppah with white florals at The Estate at Florentine Gardens

New York City

New Jersey

Long Island

Westchester & North of the City

Florists & Event Design

The chuppah is the heart of the room — and these are the teams whose builds stop us mid-step. One name comes up more than any other in our briefs.

Bride beneath a pink peony floral archChuppah of white and blush roses at The Pierre

Bands & Music

A Jewish wedding lives or dies on its music — the band has to carry a chuppah processional, a first dance, and then an hour of nonstop hora without letting the floor cool. These acts never let it cool.

Bride and groom lifted on chairs during the horaPacked hora dance floor under chandeliers

Hair

Bridal hair that survives a bedeken, a veil, twelve hours, and three horas — and still looks like the first photo of the morning. These artists are on our briefs constantly.

Bride in window light in her finished bridal lookBride checking her finished hair in an oval mirror

Makeup

Makeup that reads soft in person and flawless on camera — through tears at the bedeken and heat on the dance floor. These are the artists whose work we love photographing.

Bride having makeup finished on the wedding morningBride in finished makeup seated in her gown

Kosher Caterers

Glatt kosher at scale, done beautifully — from the shmorg to the main course to a midnight dessert room. These caterers feed 300–500 guests without ever looking rushed.

Candlelit kosher wedding reception tablescapeWedding cake dressed in pink orchids

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We’d love to be there

Photography and film for Jewish and kosher weddings across New York and beyond — we know the traditions, the timing, and every room on this page.

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