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

March 31, 2010

Photo of the Day: Panorama Revisited

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On a tip, I’ve tried reworking some old “Brenizer method” panoramas with AutoPano Pro. It’s not perfect, but it’s very good, and gets right some panoramas that Photoshop did not. But what I most like is that I can set up a batch to do a bunch of panoramas at once, and then go take a nap or answer e-mails or something. Anything that makes the stitching process easier will make me want to shoot these more and more, and one of my goals for 2010 is to really see what sorts of ways I can push the envelope on this ball I got rolling. Also, I want to mix new and exciting metaphors.

Original shoot here.

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Dany - I luv Stephanie and the photos you make of her!

Sam Hurd - autopano pro was the first thing i used when i started trying your panos. i’ve had MUCH better luck with it than i ever did with cs4

Norby - Ah, that’s good to know – I’ve had some “Brenizer method” panos that I just could not get to come together (either via PS or APP) because of the lack of sufficient distinguishing details in the out-of-focus areas (such as, say, huge swathes of blue sky). I guess that’s not so much of a problem in the city :)

That gives me renewed faith to let APP have a go at more of the panos that I’ve shot, but never processed. In fact, I don’t think I have a single processed one on flickr to date.

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Matthias Wassermann - Autopano Pro is quiet a good software it hardly ever lets me down. Even Handheld images are stitched flawlessly like my Pano of Time Square: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawas/3856149880/in/set-72157594400282808/ which was taken handheld.

Ryan Brenizer - Cs4 is pretty bad.

Matilda "Tilly" Beezley - Pwhaor, easily the best bokehrama I’ve seen. I love people who put fairy lights in trees just so us photographers can turn them into circles of confusion. Gorgeous shot!!

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Photo of the Day: Panorama Revisited