Ryan Brenizer — NYC Wedding Photographer. Problem solver, storyteller.

"Work is Love Made Visible." --Kahlil Gibran

About Me

Photography has filled me with purpose and joy, and taken me places I never thought I'd go. I have covered three U.S. presidents, been blessed by the Pope, and been stared down by Muhammad Ali. I've shared a laugh with Smokey Robinson, and had a picture I took of him used when he received a lifetime achievement award. I've photographed a 110-year-old woman as she told me what it was like to climb onto the torch of the Statue of Liberty. I was chosen as the only independent photographer allowed near Obama and McCain in their last meeting before the 2008 election. I'm the only photographer in the world to have been officially represented by the three largest photographic retailers in the Western hemipshere. Heck, I've even had a photographic technique named after me (which is crazy).

But I have never felt so blessed by photography as when I am photographing a wedding. At weddings, we are most visibly ourselves -- the walls we walk around with come tumbling down under the forces of joy, anxiety (and sometimes a bit of alcohol). To document that experience, the relationship of friends, families, and a couple launching a new stage in their life, is an incredible feeling. When a client says "This is the first picture I've seen of my parents that actually looks like them!" I feel like I've done something with lasting value. After years of shooting and more than 225 weddings under my belt, I still find each one to be more exciting than the last, and try to make each one the best one that I've ever photographed.

In addition to a staff of photo assistants, I am so happy to have my partner Wendy as a full-time studio manager to make sure that our clients' needs are met at every stage from the first inquiry until years after the wedding. Wendy is the hardest worker I have ever known, and she makes my clients' experience as stress-free as possible.

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All I care about is getting the best photos for you possible. I don't care about beauty rest, I don't want to be checking my watch while great moments are happening behind me, and I don't want you to worry about my schedule. Right from the start, you get everything you need for gorgeous, comprehensive wedding photography, with NO limit on time and NO limit on images taken. And there are no hidden costs; your images are yours to integrate into your life and keep safe for future generations.

All wedding packages include:
Full-day coverage with Ryan and an assistant photographer
Your own password-protected and customized Web site
A day-of slideshow, allowing for a set of images available within days after the wedding!
All files in high resolution on hard drive -- no watermarks

Everything you need for coverage and peace-of-mind for $5,500 (plus applicable sales tax).

We also offer a wide range of extras, from engagement shoots (which come with a $250 print credit for couples who book a wedding with us) to a hilarious and fun portable photo studio. Any physical products sold by our studio are guaranteed to be awesome, and if they come from the printer not-awesome for some reason, we send it back and make sure it is awesome.

Full price-sheet available upon request

September 8, 2009

Mystery Must-Have Lens Arrived!

(testing out the post-via-iPhone goodness … it’s good to have a supported blog!)

I just got a package in with a Nikon lens i will review. At first glance, i’d have to say this might be the one lens I recommend to just about every last Nikon DSLR user. Any guesses?

facebook comments:

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Adrian Charles - A cheap, fast prime. Nikon 30 mm f/1.8?

Andrew Lusk - 35mm 1.8?

Mark Gregory - 24-70mm f2.8?

brett maxwell - 200 f2!

Josh Mitchell - 28mm f/1.4D

Ryan Brenizer - @Brett: Haha, if everyone wants a free bicep workout.

Ryan Brenizer - @Josh: I wish.

Marlo - Perhaps the remake of the 18-200mm?

Paul Benjamin - I can only assume it’s the ne 70-200mm f2.8. My logic is as follows…

Not the 50mm f1.4 you’re a Sigma user and so you couldn’t unreservedly reccomend the nikkor.

24-70mm 2.8 is not so awesome on APS-C

17-55mm is the opposite.

14-24 is great but a bit of a speciality lens…

Perhaps one of the micro nikkors, or a new 85mm everything else either works on FF or APS-C or is a speciality lens…

Larry Chua - 70-200 VR II

Dominik - 50mm 1.8!

Adam Shingleton - I want to know what it was!

C.F. - 85mm f1.4……

Bill Reynolds - New? 16-35 ƒ4.

Reworked? 24-120, 135/2 or 180/2.8.

Wish list: any ƒ3.5 or ƒ4 zoom, such as 16-85, 24-105, etc. — for walkabout

#haitirelief

John LaPlante - Ryan, love your site…would really like to know what lens you’re talking about…I have been looking at your wedding pics, but haven’t seen too many posted with what would be a 70-200VRII…so I’m curious…what be this lens?

Ryan Brenizer - @John: The 35mm f/1.8: http://www.enduserblog.com/2009/09/review-nikon-35mm-f18-dx.html

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Mystery Must-Have Lens Arrived!